Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk has confirmed on Wednesday, December 3, 2014, an accident had occurred at the Zaporizhye nuclear power plant (NPP) in south-east Ukraine.
“I know that an accident has occurred at the Zaporizhye NPP,” Yatseniuk said. As he asked new energy minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn to make clear when the problem would be resolved and what steps would be taken to restore normal power supply across Ukraine.
According to news agency Interfax, Ukraine said the problem had occurred at bloc No 3 – a 1,000-megawatt reactor – and the resulting lack of output had worsened the power crisis in the country.
The bloc was expected to come back on stream on December 5, 2014.
