Transformer explosion at Smolensk NPP
A transformer exploded at the Nuclear power plant in Smolensk, informed the Russian Emergency Ministry press-cutting service on Tuesday.
"On Monday, 4.41 p.m., Moscow time a transformer of the Smolensk NPP external electricity distribution device exploded, followed by ignition. The fire is extinguished", reported the Russian Emergency Ministry official.
He also noted, that the accident didn?t influence the NPP operation. "Power units are operating in normal mode. Ionizing radiation background on the NPP territory and outside is normal."
|
