"The Russians intend to switch the third power unit of the #Zaporizhzhia#Nuclear Power Plant to a hot shutdown, despite the lack of compliance with the licensing requirements of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of #Ukraine... Thus, the change in the state of reactor plants, both power unit No 3 and Nos 4-5, is extremely dangerous."
Russia puts power unit 4 of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant on hot shutdown, increasing likelihood of accident
"Quote from Energoatom: "Russian invaders have brought power unit No. 4 out of the cold shutdown state to the hot shutdown state at the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP. But the power unit No. 6, according to the IAEA, is being taken out of the hot state to the cold one"." https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/10/4/7422589/
Today our newest reporting fellow Myroslava explores the damaging effects of #Russian ‘mapaganda’ in western and southern #Europe as #drone attacks rapidly escalate inside both #Ukraine and #Russia.
Last night, #ZNPP switched to reserve power as the connection with the last external power line was lost. #Energoatom said that it would be necessary to urgently cool the reactor in the absence of cooling pumps connected to the main outside power line.