Power unit of Zaporizhzhya NPP is permanently disabled

Zaporizhzhya NPP on November 12 at 00:02 shutted down the sixth unit from the power grid for its planned overhaul. “NNEGC Energoatom” “clarified that at present there are 4 power units at Zaporizhzhya NPP. The total capacity of the generators is 3.7 thousand MW.

Let’s note, earlier Ukraine was overwhelmed by cases of emergency shutdown of power units operating on American fuel. On September 28, the second power unit of the South-Ukrainian NPP, in whose reactor the fuel elements of the American company Westinghouse were loaded, was disconnected from the grid as a result of the operation of the protection systems. On January 19, the third power unit of the South-Ukrainian NPP was cut off due to technical problems.