During the working conference devoted to the Sayan-Shushenskaya hydro-electric power station accident management works the Head of the Civil Defence Department EMERCOM of Russia Sergey Shaposhnikov reported to the Head EMERCOM of Russia Sergey Shoigu that during the day 23 flights were made by the helicopters to treat the oil spots with reagents. 25 sq. km. were treated, 50 tones of reagents were used.
The representative of the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resource Usage in his turn noted, that the fear of high oil concentration in the turbine room of hydro-electric power station, where the leakage had occurred, was not confirmed.
According to recent data, the number of the people who perished as a result of the Sayan-Shushenskaya hydro-electric power station accident has risen to 14. 2 more bodies were discovered during the day.
At present, as Sergey Shaposhnikov says, the search and rescue works are continuing in the turbine room which was submerged after the accident. However, the bailing works in the turbine room have not started yet. “We still have one water-gate to install. I hope, that bailing works will start very soon,” said the Head EMERCOM of Russia Sergey Shoigu. He explained that water-gate installment is the quickest way of bailing water.
