Attack on Dniproges: Can the effects of destruction of Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant can repeat

The risks for the Dnieper residents create four other hydroelectric power plants, which are located above the regional center, and if there are spills of the Dnieper, the left -bank parts of Dnipropetrovsk, where there are slopes of childbirth, may be affected first.

Kakhovsk hydroelectric power plants were blown from the inside, while Dnipro - attacked from the outside, so the same consequences that were in the Kherson region in the summer of last year, are now unlikely for the residents of Dnipropetrovsk. This opinion in the comment "Public" was expressed by the Associate Professor of the Department of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology, Head of the Department of NTU "Dnipro Polytechnic" Alina Zagrysenko.

"There were no reports on the Dnieper hydroelectric power station that there are any damages of the dam. Yes, the hydroelectric power plant that produces energy is damage - there is damage. That is, it may not produce electricity, we can lose a certain amount of water, but such consequences as in Kakhovka, as in Kakhovka, We hope that they are unlikely, ”Zagrysenko said.

She specified that the Dnieper is located below the stream than four more hydroelectric power plants - Kamianskaya, Kremenchug, Kiev and Kaniv hydroelectric power station. "In the event of one of them, there are risks for all who are located below. According to her, the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station had 13 million kilometers of cubic volume of water accumulation, and Kremenchug - even more.

"Of course, the Dnieper is spilled and the left -bank parts where the slopes of childbirth can be affected first. The Right Bank will suffer to a lesser extent," the expert said. In the end, she explained what to do in case of minor damage to hydroelectric power plants or filtration losses. "If it is filtration losses and we are able to pass them, that is, we open below the gateway stream and just lower this water. If it is not a sudden ejection of the whole mass.

If a sudden ejection, again, the class of responsibility of the structures is the highest and all the risks and areas of flooding , they are calculated in advance, ”Zagrysenko said. We will remind, on April 1, the deputy chairman of the Committee on Energy and Housing and Communal Services Oleg Seminsky stated that the Ukrainian power system works steadily due to varieties of generation, even though more than 1000 MW of capacity was lost due to the Russian blow.

On March 22, Russian troops attacked Dniproges 8 rockets. It is known about the traffic on the station of the station and the machine hall. At the same time, the press service of PJSC "Ukrhydroenergo" did not confirm the threat of the breakthrough of the Dniproges dams, but due to damage due to attack, its work had to be stopped. On March 27, the Ministry of Ecology told about the movement of oil spot as a result of a blow to Dniproges.