Deadly power plant blast in Russia.8/17/2009 11:41:44 AM At least 12 people have been killed and more than 70 are missing after an accident at Russia's largest hydro-electric power station. A turbine room was flooded after a transformer blew up at the Sayano-Shushenskaya plant in Siberia, causing serious damage and an oil spill oil spill: see water pollution. , the emergency situations ministry said. Officials said the accident came after a surge in water pressure ruptured pipes. RusHydro, the owner of the power plant, said the damage from Monday's incident could cost "billions of roubles" to repair, and would take several months to fix. Dam threat Electricity supplies from other plants were being routed to areas normally serviced by the station, Sergei Shoigu Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu (Серге́й Кужуге́тович Шойгу́) (born May 21, 1955 in Chadan, Tuva, Russia, USSR) is a Russian political , the emergency situations minister, said. "There is no threat to villages downstream from the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power hydroelectric power: see power, electric; water power. hydroelectric power Electricity produced from generators driven by water turbines that convert the energy in falling or fast-flowing water to mechanical energy. station," Shoigu said. "There is no threat of damage to the dam." Power shortages have been reported in the city of Tomsk and the mining area of Kuzbass, the RIA (Rich Internet Application) A Web-based application that approaches the speed and elegance of a local application. An RIA may refer to a browser-based application that uses AJAX or another enhanced coding technique. Novosti news agency said. Andrei Klyuyev, an emergency situations ministry official at the site of the accident, 4,000km east of Moscow, said there were still dozens of people unaccounted for An inclusive term (not a casualty status) applicable to personnel whose person or remains are not recovered or otherwise accounted for following hostile action. Commonly used when referring to personnel who are killed in action and whose bodies are not recovered. . Klyuyev said rescue divers had pulled out one person from a room underneath the plant's turbine hall The Turbine hall or 'turbine building is a building that is a part of any steam cycle power plant which houses a number of components vital to the generation of electricity from the steam that comes from the boiler. where there was apparently a cave-in and flooding but said many more could still be trapped. Russian television broadcast pictures showing pieces of concrete, cables and twisted metal
Twisted Metal is the first game in the Twisted Metal vehicular combat series. pylons beneath the dam wall and the main turbine hall flooded with water and debris. Oil slick The natural resources ministry said it was concerned by the environmental impact of the accident, saying an oil slick of more than 25km had spread along the Yenisei River. "According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. preliminary data, transformer fluid has leaked from one of the hydroelectric station's damaged units," the ministry said in a statement. Analysts have warned that Russia needs to boost its power production significantly to meet the growing demand of industrial producers or it will face regular power shortages. The country's ageing infrastructure has long been regarded as a key obstacle to Russia's development. Aljazeera.net 2003 - 2009 Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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