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Added at 12.05 pm
As reported by the Ministry of Energy to the news portal tv3.lt, it has no official information about this incident.
“As far as we know, the State Atomic Energy Safety Inspectorate (VATESI) has contacted the Belarusian Emergency Ministry to obtain detailed information on the aforementioned failures,” the ministry representatives said.
Added at 11.30.
Ramunė Marija Stasiūnaitienė, acting director of the Radiation Protection Center, told the tv3.lt news portal that the incident at the Astravas nuclear power plant is known, but that there are no changes in the natural environment.
The report states that “an organization working closely with BelAE reported a major accident at the end of the water test work.” The report indicates that the tank for the emergency cooling system of the first reactor has been damaged. It must be replaced, but that work would mean recognizing the accident, so instead you try to repair it “with your own hands.”
Ecohome notes that the current situation is as follows: We have a “hot” reactor with an unstable backup cooling system (at best).
The Belarusian nuclear power plant previously announced that the reactor is currently in operation and undergoing experimental industrial operations to increase its capacity.
“We also received information from various sources in September-October 2020, which also confirms the fact of the accident, just at the time when the physical start-up of the nuclear power plant and a process such as the hydro-testing work began,” he explains. the Ecohome report.
According to sources from the organization, the nuclear power plant actually had a “serious accident” that required a change of equipment.
On October 13, a request was sent to the Belarusian Department of Radiological and Nuclear Protection. The response indicates that no emergencies were recorded during the commissioning of the first BelAE power unit.
Ecohome warns that such a backup heating system accident could end in tragedy and compared the situation to the Fukushima accident.
For more information on the threats to Astravo EA, see the TV3 news report:
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