Ukrainian officials are considering whether to restart 2 reactors at Europe's largest nuclear power station — shut down last month to avoid a radiation disaster — to ensure its safety system remains operational.
Energoatom President Petro Kotin told AP that the company could decide as soon as Wednesday to restart the reactors as winter approaches, ensuring the safety system in the plant doesn't get so cold that they cease working.
“We at the moment are evaluating all the risks. And this depends on the weather. And actually, we don’t have much time to do that,” Kotin said. “If you have low temperature, you will just freeze everything inside. The safety equipment will be damaged,” he added, explaining that the "consequences would be very, very dangerous."The big picture:
Russian troops occupied the plant back in March but continued to operate it with its Ukrainian staff.
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