Construction of Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant's First Unit Completed

Rosatom General Director Aleksey Likhachev announced that the construction work in the first unit of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant has been completed and the reactor has entered the testing phase. Likhachev also noted that the attacks by the Ukrainian army on the Zaporizhzhya NPP and the city of Energodar have reached a dangerous level.During his visit to the Akkuyu NPP, Likhachev inspected the reactor building and received information from officials that the reactor assembly had been completed. Evaluating the current stage, Likhachev stated that only a few weeks are left before the first fuel loading and commissioning of the plant's first unit:

We have completed the construction process in the first unit. As of last night, cold hydro tests have started in the reactor and this process will be completed within a few weeks. Then we will have only a few weeks left before the first fuel loading and commissioning of the plant.

Likhachev also discussed the increasing attacks on the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant and the city of Energodar, where the plant's personnel live. The Rosatom General Director emphasized that since the beginning of June, there has been a sharp increase in the number and intensity of attacks on the region:

In recent days, we see that the attacks are becoming more deliberate and directly targeted. The transportation section of the plant and the city's energy infrastructure are being deliberately attacked.

Likhachev noted that the Ukrainian forces are also targeting public transportation in the area, describing the difficult conditions on the ground:

The Ukrainian army attacked several buses, essentially starting a hunt against civilian vehicles. Under these harsh conditions, the shift changes of the plant's personnel have literally turned into a military operation.