Occupants cooling ZNPP's unit 5 - SNRIU

At Zaporizhzhia NPP, the occupiers have begun to put unit 5 into a cold shutdown state.

Acting head of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU) Oleh Korikov announced this during a briefing at Ukraine Media Center – Ukrinform.

"As of today, power unit No. 4 at Zaporizhzhia NPP is in a hot shutdown state. Power unit No. 5 is currently being cooled down. All other power units are in a shutdown and cold state," Korikov said.

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According to him, today the temperature of power unit No. 5 is 144 degrees, tomorrow it should be 70 degrees, which corresponds to the temperature for switching the unit to a cold shutdown.

As reported, on July 24, despite the demands of SNRIU and Energoatom, unit 4 was put into a hot shutdown state at the temporarily occupied ZNPP by order of the illegitimate management.

As per SNRIU orders of August 18, 2022 and June 28, 2023, all power units of ZNPP should be in a cold shutdown state.