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Background
- SSHPP is located in Siberia, Russia
-Largest power plant in Russia
-Located on Yenisei River
-Dam is 245m high
-One if the highest dams in the world
-Construction began in USSR in 1963, completed in Russia in 2000
Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydro Power Plant
Disaster.
August 2009
The Event
- Accident occurred on On August 17, 2009 at 08:15
- Hydraulic unit was torn off, water gushed into engine room
- destroyed on an area of about 1200 square meters
- complete shutdown of the hydroelectric power plant
- The territory adjacent to the power plant was also under water
- more than 40 tons of engine oil spilled into the water area of the Yenisei River.
- At 09:20 the flow of water into the turbine hall was stopped
Recovery
- 115 people and 21 pieces of equipment were involved in initial recovery
- At 11:40 the gates of the spillway dam were opened and the balance of flow through the hydroelectric complex was restored
- localization of an oil slick on the Yenisei
- 20 rescuers, as well as special equipment and a task force of four people came to help
- Debris has been sorted out, and the power supply scheme is being restored.
- Less than a day after the accident, mass sea trout began to die
- Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation arrived with rescuers and the heads of the Russian Emergencies Ministry
- On August 24, less than a meter of water remained to be pumped out of the turbine hall of the Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP
- On September 23, 2009, the body of the last, 75th, deceased was found at the Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP.
Disaster History
-technological disaster
-no precedent in Russian history
-Rushing construction process
-not following design drawings
-corruption
-lack of supervision from local authorities
-complex economic-political situation
Lessons Learned
-40 billion rubles spent on recovery
-19 people were charged
-all power plants were inspected
-equipment was updated
-rules and regulation were strictened
Created by David Tazhibov
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