The sixth unit of the Zaporizhzhya NPP Sunday night was connected to the grid after a fault. This was reported by the press service of the station, the ITAR-TASS said.
"December 28, 2014 at 22 h 35 min the unit 6 of the Zaporizhzhya NPP is connected to the grid after a fault", the statement said.
NPP noted that "the background radiation at the site and in the sanitary protection zone is 8-12 micro-roentgen per hour, which corresponds to the natural radiation background at the location of the Zaporizhzhya NPP".
All equipment fitted into the four self-propelled track-type platforms. On one of those was placed a reactor, on the second - control unit, on the third - heat exchanger, and on the forth, the last one - turbine.
Lev Kochetkov
Whether at once appeared sodium coolant in Russian fast reactors, or sodium has had rivals? What types of fuel have been regarded as a fuel for the fast reactor program, and do we need such a high BG?
