[000:00:00;00] energy capacity is not coal alone, the largest in europe zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, what are the prospects for the energy sector of novorossia a conversation with an expert of the program pyotr gorlov names on the map of the region in novorossia there is the largest nuclear power plant in europe, zaporizhzhya has six power units of 1,000 mw each, each in terms of power, it is the third in the world among nuclear power plants and is second only to the two japanese fukushima and the box office. vazake, the station is located on the left bank of the dnieper next to it is the city of nuclear scientists. energodar employs almost 7,000 people at full

loading six reactors can provide energy to about 4 million houses, dozens of large enterprises in zaporozhye, dnepropetrovsk and other neighboring regions of the npp generated electricity for the crimea, but after the introduction of the blockade in 2015 and the destruction of power lines. on the ukrainian side, deliveries stopped not so much energy production. since march 2022 , the station has been guarded by the russian military , the safety of the largest man-made facility is of serious concern to the international atomic energy agency the station was repeatedly fired upon from the ukrainian side last autumn, special forces high tried to seize the nuclear power plant, but unsuccessfully in may of this year, the ukrainians disconnected the station from external power. because of what, it had to

be transferred to diesel generators in such conditions according to technology in order to ensure the safety regime. zaporizhzhya atomic has ceased to produce its own energy, however. all of its units are operating normally, and yet rosatom, which included the hare in its structure, continues to work on life safety station to make plans for its future. a three-year plan for the development of energodar, the city of the satellite of the station, is ready ; the organizational transition of the zaporizhzhya nuclear system of rosatom to work is completed . about 3,000 people have been hired to staff the new structure. all major specialists we have already signed contracts and their salaries have grown by 25-30% compared to the ukrainian times .

we bought medical equipment, computers and furniture for schools, textbooks. today, the safety of the largest nuclear power plant in europe is the main the concern of novorossia, nevertheless, everything is being done to return it to normal operation, when the nuclear power plant will provide light to houses and energy for the operation of factories and factories about the prospects for stations and the development of energy in novorossia as a whole in the story anna efimova zaporozhye nuclear power plant was once the most powerful supplier of electricity for southeastern europe today is in a state of artificial coma. five of the six reactors are operating in the so-called cold shutdown mode. another one provides the needs of the power plant itself, however, this winter, despite all external threats, it was the zaporozhye npp that provided heat to the entire city of the power plant, the situation is not easy, but it

is under control, while i emphasize that we have the situation under control not only at the plant, but also in the city, for example, last fall. together with the city federal authorities, we have made a lot of efforts to ensure the city's heat supply. thus , block modular boiler houses were purchased and installed both at the station and in the city. here is the actual control of the russian station has been located for more than a year, but it officially became the property of the russian federation only in october 2022. already after the station was first inspected by iaea specialists headed by rafael gro. an inspector was sent to the agency at the nuclear power plant to receive objective information about what is happening at one of the largest nuclear facilities in the world shelling attempts of sabotage attacks provocations of information stuffing attempts to disrupt the restoration of peaceful life and restarting the nuclear power plant - this is what is being carried out recently , actions to prepare the information

component have been intensified. i think this is not without reason, most likely, this is due to possible hostilities around the nuclear power plant with e, an increase in the likelihood of forcing firewood and stands zaporozhye nuclear power plant was very successfully implemented by the kiev authorities. now kakhovka will lose approximately half of its volume. this is a very small reservoir. that is, if now its width is, there is about a dozen kilometers and it is very difficult to cross this barrier, then if the reservoir becomes shallow, and the dnieper actually returns to its natural channel, which, at its widest point, was no more than 1 km, such already an obstacle, that is, the difference is 10 km or one km to overcome much.

it is simpler, however, this does not seriously affect the operation of the nuclear power plant itself. this has already been noted in rich. our current assessment is that there is no immediate threat to the plant's safety. the station is in cold shutdown cooling - this is still a critical process, however. force majeure associated with a drop in water level. in the dnieper , soviet engineers provided for the station to have its own actually autonomous cooling pond, which operates in a closed cycle and its own well to maintain the water level. this is important for the operation of the nuclear power plant itself and for the so-called spray pools, where the spent nuclear fuel is located in december , the director of the plant, yuriy cherenchuk, noted that about half of the personnel left the zaporozhye nuclear power plant, nevertheless. now more than 4,000 specialists work at the station, despite threats and pressure from kiev, shelling and in emergency

situations. they ensure the safe operation of the nuclear power plant on a daily basis. the reduction in the number of people, which is often said, but it is not so much the technical staff is still reasonable enough. yes, and partially you can of course add russian stations. well, this is the psychological pressure in my opinion. now this is the most, the main thing is such a danger, that is, people should not be dead, but they are solving very complex problems. and that's it. this is a cold, stop, a kind of standby mode of the station due to its psychological pressure, the right moment to conduct a full audit at the facility, which has not been modernized since the mid -eighties, plus russia also got american nuclear fuel that was loaded into soviet reactors, or a headache, or an acquisition, because russia is the only country in the world that can process nuclear fuel.

in our country, it is considered non-hazardous waste, and not a promising material. step by step, thanks to ukraine , which was used as a testing ground for running this fuel , they brought it to mind, respectively , inherited a large amount of spent nuclear fuel, but also inherited unburned ones, such as releasing assemblies into four reactors. first third fourth fifth e station there are fuel tanks, so work there, in fact, no end, russian nuclear but tougher than ukrainian ones, and therefore the station will, let's say, be pulled up to the average russian level. but whether the energy consumption of the region will catch up to the level of the capabilities of the zaporizhzhya npp is still the question of one of the possible consumers of crimea, which was once completely dependent on imported electricity from ukraine after construction, power stations and energy infrastructure. itself became a donor of electricity here will depend on how much funds will be invest in new regions. and what about

your own experience? it’s there that the energy-intensive industries of the donbass are being restored so that i can say something that the fate is predetermined in terms of, that is , you work or just for the dpr in these territories in the first place, while the zaporizhzhya npp holds the defense in the literal sense of rosatom in bureaucratically against the nuclear giant, europe and the united states are trying to withdraw more and more new sanctions, throwing the state corporation out of international tenders. however, globally, this work has not yet been very successful, and this is your explanation. the west has a shortage of separating work, which they just closed at the expense of our gas centrifuges, and in the usa this deficit is 100% in their own centrifuges. no, they bought the whole mass of reactor uranium, either from us or in european countries, and while the us department of energy is sending official letters to russia about

some american nuclear technologies transferred to the zaporozhye nuclear power plant and allegedly threatening the national security of the states washington is increasing arms supplies that are already really threatening nuclear plant, this means that rosatom continues to work in compliance with all international standards for the whole world. anna efimova valery savelyev anastasia popova is a typical new russia. we will talk with our permanent expert , political scientist alexander vasiliev, about the prospects for the development of the energy sector in novorossia, nuclear coal. sasha good afternoon. good afternoon, sasha novorossi - this is a powerfully developed industrial region, and even though the fighting has swept almost the entire region, nevertheless, energy production remains powerful and almost redundant. what is the prospect of using these energy capacities

of novorossiya, the region, not for the first time. e, going through such dramatic events. you can remember in the twenties, when the all-union stoker a was called the donbass and after the end of the civil war. uh, the devastation in the region was so terrible that there were even questions at all. she gave a revival of the industry. that is, the mines were, including flooded. so the equipment was damaged there, and so on and so forth, and nevertheless, quite quickly, thanks to the efforts of the entire countries, a. yes, we managed to do it again, first of all, the coal industry, and because we understand that it is that moment. here are the technologies of the 19th and early 20th centuries, of course, the main energy source, and there was coal and uh, powerful ones were created, including coal-fired power plants and there were built around them such socialist single-industry towns , which are the city of the future, the city of power engineers, and this development took place after the great patriotic war , in the same way it was all revived, and then

in the soviet hmm period. here is the post-war soviet period. when hmm, as it were, the following, how can you say the revolution happened because the twentieth century, and then allow yourself to go back a little to the twenties. yes? we remember that the main thing in general is the soviet a well, the symbols on the power industry of the first five years. so it's not progress. yes, in fact, the zaporizhzhya nuclear plant has become in the same. well, here's a macro, let's say, so saving in a geographical sense , this is one region, this is dnepropetrovsk zaporozhye, such a large industrial a. numbering and just a new technological level. ah. it was created for these needs. this is a nuclear power plant, so when a we are talking about the fact that um, one way or another , the main consumer is industry, then, of course, all prospects come first. uh, they are tied to how much it can be revived and, uh, to what extent, so to speak, these industrial consumers, and they will demand this energy, which is also important to note that,

in general, the south of russia, uh, it is constantly growing. uh, electricity consumption is constantly growing, and first of all, of course, the krasnodar territory, for these needs. here is the rostov nuclear the power plant was, but launched to russia, this is a dynamically developing region that will and will continue to consume more and more, so the energy resources of new russia can also be involved in its provision. well, i'll put it mildly. so i consulted with various experts. they are so careful to say several years in order to rebuild this energy system, but because it is not so easy to say something, the plugs have been changed there, and everything is now working in that direction. no, especially when it comes to a nuclear power plant. uh, a whole bunch there will be technical difficulties, but again they say that this is it. this is a legacy farm.

uh, as a legacy from ukrainian times, it requires them to modernize, including just this process, maybe some kind of parallel, yes, that is, on the one hand , the restoration of consumers, and the industrial process of modernization will just take place in parallel and now for the future . eh, this energy cluster even up to these newest, so to speak, there newfangled generation elements. he will be in demand for great energy, and at first queue atomic is not only a question. uh, cheap energy and big profits, but also security issues in this sense zaporizhzhya a. on uh, how safe it is, how safely it was operated in ukrainian times. well, if we again take the hostilities out of the brackets, because in general, probably , the history of mankind did not know the case, when we have on well, in fact, the front line, yes, there is an atomic object that is still, well, it’s hard to believe. yes, it is simply subjected to blows and shelling, and from the other side. that is this hmm unprecedented story. well, if the self-destructive story of the shelling of the apu, yes

security issues. if we sort of, so to speak, move it, yes, then, but even questions of operation. we know that in the ukrainian years. here are the latest soviet system, which was inherited. yes, they began to remake it, but for the interests of, well, the american, but the nuclear industry, and that's where the westhouse company is. yes, which is where she went bankrupt. we also have a difficult fate there. here but we know what was supplied. uh, american nuclear fuel. including on zaporozhye nuclear power plant, that's a discrepancy, so to speak. although it is adapted. it's clear. this fuel for the soviet reactor was the americans, nevertheless, the risks, er, remained, therefore, when we talk about ederization. it's not just just there newer equipment more new technologies. and this and another level of serious safety standards. of course it does. es of course, it cannot work, but for the russian energy system. and while there is fuel, it must be removed. it's whole enough. so to speak,

not a simple matter either, but it is certainly necessary to do this, because it is indeed factor a of safety. yes, in these matters it prevails even over interesting profits there or some other ones with key energy facilities. they are connected in novorossiya. uh, the fate of entire mono-cities in the same energodar and zaporozhye nuclear power plant. and what is the fate of these cities and the prospect of their inhabitants, energodar, after all, its heating? the city was powered by a nuclear power plant, and this winter the city experienced serious problems with heat supply and, according to the scheme, how once crimea on an emergency basis. they let him freeze in the same scheme was used and in energodar this winter there is still one dimension. uh, this is already purely human. hmm, the frame that is involved. here in this area. yes, they are qualified professionals. and we can say that even in previous years, the same donbass

, for example, lost personnel, because miners and specialists left, mining engineers all over russia reached yakutia. yes. in the same way, we said that ukraine was experimenting there, so to speak. on zaporizhzhya a-a with nuclear fuel, and very many specialists, but qualified in these last years, which preceded their own, but left the station and moved. not just the mood of belarus , but belarus in russia, that is, they were demanded. and, of course, on the one hand, you can? of these people yes, what is their profession, so to speak, they remained in it, but on the other hand, of course, what will happen in those places, yes, how to raise and revive all this, therefore it is very important, but to preserve this personnel potential. here and to him carefully relate and this is probably one of the main, and pledges from that renaissance and beyond. so to say, the use of energy in the regions, including sasha, thank you very much for

an interesting story in detail. we continue to talk about the people who changed the face of novorossia in the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries, and whose names remained on the map today the story of the man after whom the city of gorlovka in the donetsk people's republic is named engineering geologists petre nikolaevich gorlovia gorlov began his career as an assistant mining inspector on the lands of the don cossacks , a competent engineer and an excellent geologist. noticed in 1871. he was appointed construction manager. the first major railroad. in the donbass of the private kursk -kharkov-azov along the route of laying the road, gorlov discovered rich deposits of coal. a mine was soon built there, korsunskaya, a copy of its coal turned out to be one of the most valuable donbass in 1873, samples are shown at

the industrial exhibition in vienna thanks to new mining technologies that were developed by talented engineers, the mine quickly becomes the largest in the donbass, even by today's standards, it employs more than 1,000 people, the village at the mine gets the name gorlovka, according to the project of gorlovka, a public library is being built in the village in the hospital of the school church and even a nursery for growing ornamental and fruit trees pyotr gorlov offers to shareholders to open a society of the south russian coal industry in gorlovka the mining school selects teachers gives books to the library, accepts entrance exams in the specialty exams, the school will become the first technical educational institution in the donbass about the half-century feat of serving the fatherland of the mining engineer

pyotr gorlov and the phenomenal kind of throat in the story of olga mokhova in the will of pyotr nikolaevich gorlov to his family, which he transferred to the museum of the city's history at one time. his grandson is asked to arrange an inexpensive funeral, so that it costs no more than 50 rubles. this mask is mourning for me and i ask you not to wear it. meanwhile, the name of this modest man during his lifetime, which in itself a rarity in 1880, a railway station and a village attached to it were named for the construction of the donetsk azov section of the railway designed to connect the kursk rostov-on-don concessionaire samuil polyakov invited the best specialists in the russian empire and was selected by peter lol why, because here in 1859 he became the best graduate, and the mining institute

of the corps of mining engineers in st . on the initiative of gorlov, samuil polyakov petitions alexander ii to allocate 510 land near the korsun river for the construction of the azov rail plant to the rapidly developing railway networks in the region. we need rails, and steel foundry production is impossible without coal. there were those very coking oli that were needed in the production of metals in the first place. they were not very well suited , let's say, to live in the furnaces of steam locomotives, but nevertheless they did not burn there, yes, but for the future production of metal. they were absolutely necessary. this is how the korsun copy number one appeared later in soviet times. she became known throughout the country as a stoker, took two peasant mines, the so-called kopanks , located not far from the railway

track, as a basis for her throat, and thoroughly re-equipped them , deepened the trunks, and organized a system of horse traction to mine. in this locality. it was very difficult coal seams. here, not horizontal, but steeply falling, the method that pyotr nikolaevich gorlov applied here , according to the interpretation of the ledge method of mining coal for cool, falling plastov is still used in our mines of donbass just a few years later, the korsun cop. it gave out an award of 5 million poods of coal per year to the mine working, using the latest technologies at that time, the mine also needed specialists of the appropriate class , and again, on the initiative of gorlov, polyakov opened the school of foremen of the mining masters of the school was approved in 1877, and the first set of 15 students will start study in the next in 1878, it is interesting that out of 15 students, 14 studied at the expense of society south russian stone coal industry society of the south russian stone coal industry, the first to be headed by pyotr gorlov by the end of the 19th

century. it became the leader of donbass in shipment of coal and coke to consumers in gorlovka, they are building a machine-building plant for the production of mine metallurgical. equipment in 1913 is already a large mining center, and in 1916 gorlovka receives the status of the city of donbass. there were many different centers at different times. so, at one time there was artyomov in the capital and bakhmut. so uh, as the capital lugansk was considered at one time, because it was there that the first plant was built, and hmm and yuzal, when the whole thing developed quite quickly in the early thirties , the idea was born, why would we make a horse’s throat here is the capital, so to speak, of the donetsk region, which by that time had been formed why in the end this did not happen in the version differ, but in the first half of the 20th century it was truzhenikov gorlovka who really knew the whole country in 1932, the slaughterer of that very stoker. nikita izotov overfulfilled the plan for coal production by 20 times, and in 1943 immediately

after the liberation of the donetsk region from the nazis, a nineteen-year-old girl from gorlovka. maria greyshutina became the initiator of the movement of the girl in the face, when women. how did they replace the men who fought or died, they came dressed with their tools, who, in that there was no uniform form, and had to go down underground through a seam along wooden ladders to a depth of 150-200 m , they worked reclining, often, they hmm worked more than one shift underground. and coming to the surface, they worked on the surface. uh, they loaded coal and were haulers. today decades later, when men were for the most part mobilized, the care of the city again fell on women's shoulders. gorlovka has been living practically on the front line for the ninth year. and this means that they are destroyed or stopped. many budget-forming enterprises have been smashed, almost all roads have been damaged, thousands of houses have been damaged since the twenty-fourth of february. 2022. 1.63

times subjected to shelling. i ask you to remember this figure 673 times. they are just single projectiles. these are shelling. it could be a grad package. it may be several projectile mines. you have lost 111 kg today. these are the citizens who died exactly in the year 3 months people were injured to restore the industry when the arrows do not stop is almost impossible. in addition, the launch of many production facilities, for example, the famous gorlovka styrene, according to technological parameters, will take at least a year, but nevertheless, in gorlovka this year they are going to repair 70 km of roads. utility networks. here, as well as a century and a half ago under peter the throat, they know how to work. they are great fellows , they don’t leave anywhere, the joint that is now left in the city is all doing their duty at their jobs. please notice. uh, not for such

a big money because of such a big salary , everything is in place. these are all patriotic people anastasia popova valery savelyev is a typical novorossiya. what we wanted to tell you today was

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