Blackout schedules – the expert told how much time it takes to restore the operation of a nuclear power plant – UNIAN
Repairing substations takes several days, but restoring full operation of a nuclear power plant will require more time.
As a result of the Russian attacks, three Ukrainian nuclear power plants reduced their electricity production due to damage to substations. It will take at least two weeks to restore their operation and power all consumers. Gennady Ryabtsev, chief researcher at the National Institute for Strategic Studies, reported this in a commentary to UNIAN.
“Substations that remove power from nuclear power units were attacked. They were damaged, and it is quite understandable that under such conditions the power engineers reduced the power of the reactors. And now it will be necessary to restore the operation of the substation, after that…
