Efforts continue to mitigate the consequences of the fire, contain, and extinguish isolated smouldering areas of the insulation material, involving specialized SESU response teams. A total of 17 units of equipment and 93 SESU personnel have been deployed to the site.
Efforts continue to mitigate the consequences of the fire, contain, and extinguish isolated smouldering areas of the insulation material, involving specialized SESU response teams. A total of 17 units of equipment and 93 SESU personnel have been deployed to the site.
Firefighting efforts are ongoing. As of 13:00, work on the NSC continues. The firefighting team consists of nine SES rope access specialists, actively engaged in extinguishing the fire. Operations to open and soak two affected areas are in progress. An additional 21 rope access specialists are on standby. Three openings have been made, totaling approximately 2 square meters.
Three fire hoses are in operation, with continued soaking of the insulation and membrane. The situation is being monitored using a thermal imaging UAV.
Extinguishing of the fire of the filler material of the NSC’s outer cladding is ongoing. Three fire hoses are in operation at a height of 87 metres, with continued soaking of the insulation and membrane. Rope access specialists are conducting partial dismantling of the NSC Arch structures and filling voids under the building’s roof with fire-extinguishing agents. A total of 20 units of equipment and 84 personnel from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) are engaged at the site.
| Location of the monitoring station | EDR (μSv/h) | Ref. level (μSv/h) | Activity concentration of α-aerosols (Bq/m3) | Ref. level (Bq/m3) | Activity concentration of β-aerosols (Bq/m3) | Ref. level (Bq/m3) |
| NSC-OS site (north-west) | 3.98 | 40.0 | 0.004 | 0.1 | 1.000 | 10.0 |
| NSC-OS site (north-east) | 6.24 | 40.0 | 0.001 | 0.1 | 1.000 | 10.0 |
| NSC-OS site (south-west) | 9.36 | 40.0 | 0.001 | 0.1 | 1.000 | 10.0 |
| NSC-OS site (south-east) | 12.8 | 40.0 | 0.001 | 0.1 | 1.000 | 10.0 |
| ChNPP Administrative Building-1 | 0.26 | 7.5 | --- | --- | --- | 10.0 |
| Outdoor Switchyard∙750 | 1.82 | 15.0 | --- | --- | --- | 10.0 |
| Checkpoint-2 | 1.11 | 7.5 | --- | --- | --- | 10.0 |
| ISF-2 | 0.15 | 2.0 | 0.01 | 0.2 | 1.000 | 10.0 |