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I'm speculating, but I think it is probably because a nuclear power plant isn't something you can easily disconnect and then reconnect later. This particular po
by SiempreViernes 4y ago
I'm speculating, but I think it is probably because a nuclear power plant isn't something you can easily disconnect and then reconnect later. This particular power plant seems to need an external connection to power its cooling loop, so if you can't switch over to a different power supplier very quickly you need to shut the reactor down first, and they take months to restart.
Further, if Russia wants to use the power for itself they likely have some work to synchronise this power plant with their network that is running a different frequency from the Ukrainian one. There's no real way of knowing how much that work is because it will also depend on how many other generators and consumers they will connect on the way back to their national grid.
- Nextgrid 4y ago> Further, if Russia wants to use the power for itself they likely have some work to synchronise this power plant with their network that is running a different frequency from the Ukrainian one. Surely they'd first have to build/divert transmission lines towards the Russian grid? And if the objective was to steal Ukraine's electricity, it's probably easier to just take it from their grid directly rather than a single, specific power plant?
- SiempreViernes 4y agoUkraine was connected to the Russian grid up until around March(?) this year, definitely still at the start of the invasion, so presumably the Ukrainians haven't had time to tear down all the existing transmission lines.