“Rosenergoatom”: Russian NPPs are constantly in high security mode – TASS

MOSCOW, March 24th. / TASS /. Safety of Russian nuclear power plants is constantly ensured at a high level, according to Tass representative of the concern “Rosenergoatom”, commenting on the situation with the terrorist attacks in Brussels

“Nuclear power plants are facilities whose safety is constantly ensured at the highest level”, -. Said the source agency, responding to a question.

Early in the morning of March 22, in Brussels, a series of terrorist attacks. Two suicide bombings staged in the hall of Zaventem airport departures. Another attack occurred on “Maelbek” metro station, next to which is evrokvartal. According to preliminary information, 31 people died and over 300 were injured.

Meanwhile, the newspaper La Derniere Heure, citing sources in law enforcement agencies reported that the main goal of the terrorists had become the Belgian nuclear power plants, but the arrest of a group member – Salah Abdeslama forced terrorists to accelerate action and make explosions on transport

According to the newspaper, bombers brothers Bakraui that triggered the bomb at the airport and the subway of Brussels, were precisely those two unnamed persons who in December. installed a hidden camera in front of the house of the head of the Belgian nuclear program. In addition, it is they belong to the video approaches to the house and routes of human movement of a few tens of hours, which police found in the course of the antiterrorist operation in the apartment of another member of the same terrorist cell and a suspect in the Paris attacks Mohamed Bakkal.

in addition, the newspaper recalled that it was the NPP “Tihange” in the south of Belgium has become one of the sites evacuated by the authorities immediately after the explosions in Brussels.

As previously reported by TASS, in mid-November of last year-up to the meeting in the Ministry of Energy Russian Federation concerning counter-terrorism security of FEC objects Russian energy decided to increase security at its facilities.

Enhanced security physical protection regime, including introduced introduced at Russian nuclear power plants, electric grid and hydropower facilities of the country.