Fuel spill causes environmental catastrophe in a northern Russian river

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On May 29, a fuel tank lost pressure andstarted to pour fuel and lubricants, causing a fire in an area of ​​350 squaremeters. The river near the power station where this incident occurred willtake decades to recover.

This escape took place at the thermoelectricplant in a small and remote Russian Arctic city, Norilsk, which has 180,000inhabitants. A town built around the world's leading nickel and palladiumproducer, Norilsk Nickel. The entry of foreign citizens in this cityrequires a special visa. The company says it is doing everything possibleto deal with the spill and that it has brought in specialists from Moscow sothat the pollution does not spread further and to remove fuel from the river in10 to 14 days. In the meantime, 500 cubic meters of polluting productshave been removed and a team of 90 workers remains on site.

Local authorities declare emergency

20,000 tons of oil products will havebeen poured into the Ambarnaya River. The scale of the accident promptedDmitry Klokov, a spokesman for the State Fisheries Agency, quoted by Reuters,to classify it as an environmental catastrophe, stressing that it will takedecades before a regeneration of the river course and the entire system ispossible Norilo-Pyasinsky aquifer.

Still, the floating barriers placed in the waterwill have made it possible to contain the pollution, preventing it fromreaching a large lake in the region, according to the environmental associationWorld Wild Fund, which requires monitoring of water quality to ensure that itis not to spread even more.

SOURCE: https://www.cartamaior.com.br/?/Editoria/Mae-Terra/Derrame-de-combustivel-provoca-catastrofe-ambiental-num-rio-do-norte-da-Russia/3/47714