MELITOPOL, August 28. /TASS/. Ukraine’s attacks on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant’s (ZNPP) dry spent nuclear fuel (SNF) storage facility pose a threat to nuclear security, the plant’s said.
A Ukrainian drone attacked the ZNPP’s dry SNF storage site on August 26. No serious damage was done, no casualties were reported. The radiation background is within the normal levels, the plant said.
"Any attacks in the vicinity of such a facility are inadmissible as they pose a potential threat to nuclear security. An attack on the dry SNF storage site is dangerous primarily due to the potential damage to the complex’s infrastructure and containers holding spent nuclear fuel. The consequences of such actions cannot be ignored - they could create additional risks and require complex measures to ensure the facility’s security," according to a post on the ZNPP’s channel in messaging app Max.
The dry SNF storage site is a "reliable and unique facility, built with a large safety margin and designed for the long-term safe storage of fuel," it said. August 24 marked the 25th anniversary of the installation of the first container of spent nuclear fuel at the storage site and the start of pilot operation of this ZNPP facility.
