as the Soyuz previously informed, the experts called the operation of the automatic alarm, the reason for the stopping of the second block, indicating the deviation in the work of the generator cooling system located in the non -nuclear part of the unit.
"The situation is not a threat of safe operation of the station,” the ministry explained that the level of radiation at the station itself and in the surrounding areas remains in the surroundings limits of normal. And the disconnection of the power unit did not affect the power supply of consumers.
observers recall that the first-born of the nuclear energy in the Grodno region with two VVER-1200 reactors with a total capacity of 2400 MW was built according to the Russian NPP-2006 project, which refers to the evolutionary projects of the nuclear power plant with water-water reactors (VVER) third generation.
experts emphasize that they have improved technical and economic indicators, but their main feature is a unique combination of active and passive security systems.