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No American fuel in Zaporozhye NPP AtomInfo.Ru, PUBLISHED 30.12.2014 There is no American fuel at the Ukrainian Zaporozhye NPP, a representative of the Russian nuclear industry told RIA Novosti. Earlier some media reported that at the Zaporizhzhya NPP there was an alleged 14-fold increased radiation background in the result of the third unit emergency shutdown occurred late November. As reported by the operator of all Ukrainian NPPs, this event was not nuclear, or any other accident. There were no violations of limits and safety standards, the radiation background in the area of ZNPP is normal. "The contract for 2015 for the supply of Russian fuel for all four NPPs of Ukraine signed in full. As far as we know, the testing of the American fuel will continue only on the South-Ukrainian NPP. Thus, reports that at the Zaporizhzhya station the background was allegedly increased due to dangerous experiments with the American fuel loading have no factual basis," - said a source. Topics: Safety, East Europe, Ukraine, Westinghouse Other news: Rostov-3 is connected to the grid The work on the fourth unit construction goes as scheduled. Vermont Yankee closure will negatively affect the economy of the region The plant will be closed at the end of December. TEPCO has unloaded all assemblies from spent fuel pool of Fukushima Daiichi-4 The unloading was launched on November 18, 2013 and ended on 22 December 2014. |
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