Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a conference call on the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant accident at the National Emergency Management Centre.Part 2
August 17, 2009
В.В.Путин провел селекторное совещание по вопросам ликвидации последствий аварии на Саяно-Шушенской ГЭС в Национальном центре управления в кризисных ситуациях МЧС.
17 августа 2009 года
Vladimir Putin: All right, thank you. Daniyar Safiullin, head of the Siberian Regional Centre of the Ministry of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Disaster Relief, has the floor. What dangers do you expect? How do you assess casualties? Is the local population or environment threatened? What have you done to mitigate the danger, if any?
Daniyar Safiullin: This is Major General Safiullin, head of the Siberian Regional Centre.
First, repair works have begun, as the chief engineer mentioned, and public information is being released to prevent panic. The situation has been normalised in this respect.
Second, the chief engineer is correct in saying there is no threat of the plant collapsing. Third, there is no danger of flooding downstream settlements. Fourth, search and rescue operations have been organised in the four damaged areas, two of which, in the lower floors of the turbine room, require divers.
We have 222 rescue workers and medical specialists on site. The Interior Ministry has arranged for plant security. We have 62 officers guarding the plant, and another 140 spread around in the nearest settlements.
As for pollution, there was a machine oil release. Oil booms are being installed at the Mainskaya Hydroelectric Plant downstream. We are monitoring the situation farther downstream. No oil slicks have been detected anywhere at this point. We are reinforcing the deployed booms to prevent oil from penetrating the Mainskaya.
This is all I wanted to say.
Vladimir Putin: What makes you so sure flooding is ruled out?
Daniyar Safiullin: Our joint emergency team has assessed the situation. The dam shows no signs of physical damage and water discharge and flow levels, which, as the chief engineer mentioned, have received top priority to prevent a flood, and our calculations confirm this.
Mr Putin, I have inspected the river from a helicopter and have not seen any flooded areas.
Vladimir Putin: The plant is offline, so emergency equipment is necessary to provide water discharge. What equipment is available, and how is it delivered to the disaster area?
Daniyar Safiullin: Mr Putin, water continues to flow through the spillway. The spillway gates are open, and the discharge is now at its normal volume of 2,620 cubic metres a second. We have ordered pumps from the Federal Service for Defence Contracts to work in and under the turbine room. That's it.
Vladimir Putin: Good. Is the regional Governor there?
Viktor Zimin: Good afternoon, Mr Putin.
Vladimir Putin: Mr Zimin, from what we know so far, eleven or more died in the disaster, and many are missing. Please arrange urgent aid to the injured and to their families, and to the victims' families.
Viktor Zimin: We have done this. There are 25 rescue teams. They keep the public informed, and are checking the addresses of the 72 missing persons. A special police force and special rapid response detachments are working on the spot. Psychologists and other experts have come from the Medical Disaster Centre. We have established a psychological counselling hotline in Cheremushki township.
I have confirmed everything that has been reported. Electric power supplies in the Republic of Khakassia are normal. Power restrictions have been lifted at the larger industrial concerns like the Khakass and Sayanogorsk aluminium plants, and all the others are operating normally.
Vladimir Putin: Mr Zimin, I have asked you to provide aid to the injured and the bereaved. Police are all right-law and order must be maintained-but people need help.
Viktor Zimin: We are helping, Mr Putin.
Vladimir Putin: Take stock of all collected information, and make a list of all who need help-the Governor must know all the dead and injured, and their families.
Viktor Zimin: I do have such lists, and we are working with them.
Vladimir Putin: Good. Thank you.
Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin is here in the studio with us. Mr Sechin, major companies and municipal projects are without electricity due to the accident. What help can they expect?
Igor Sechin: Mr Putin, per your instructions directives have been issued to resume power to the major manufacturers whose supply was restricted or suspended entirely-in particular, the Kuznetsk Ferroalloy Plant, and the Novokuznetsk, Krasnoyarsk, Sayan and Khakass aluminium plants, which had no electricity at all.
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