Work at the site of a fuel spill under the Norilsk significantly accelerated

near Norilsk, where there was an oil spill from a collapsed tank at CHP plant 3 is collected and exported about 50 thousand tons of contaminated soil. Also collected 949 cubic meters of a mixture of diesel fuel with water. 22.6 thousand square meters of the territory of the treated sorbent.

So, with the surface of the river Barn, anywhere petroleum products, today collected 913 cubic meters vodnosolevy mixture. While it leaked in seven oil tanks that are installed on the beach. Each neftetank a capacity of 250 cubic meters of liquid.

In the waters of a Barn specialists of the company “Norilsk Nickel” has established 18 units of booms. Two boom set at the confluence of the Unnamed Creek to the river Daldykan to prevent leakage of residues of diesel fuel.

the accident involved more than 500 people and over 200 pieces of equipment. 300 of them are specialists of “Norilsk Nickel”, they act in the area of TPP-3. The works involved 170 units of the company.

on Friday, June 5, arrived on the scene 72 specialists of the company “Gazprom Neft” with the equipment and special tools to assist in gathering fuel from the surface of the water. To eliminate the consequences of the accident and joined the staff of the company “Transneft”. They also brought with them the necessary equipment. In addition, the elimination of spill of diesel fuel landed rescuers Dudinka Arctic search and rescue unit of the emergencies Ministry.

“All these measures allow to accelerate the collection of fuel. Every day the pace is increasing”, — said the Director of the polar division of “Norilsk Nickel” Nikolay Utkin, whose words cites RIA Novosti.

the First Deputy head EMERCOM of Russia Alexander Chupriyan, in turn, noted that over the past day were completed much more work than in previous days. He assured that the Agency has sufficient forces and means for liquidationtion of the effects of fuel leakage from the tank at Norilsk.