“According to available data, a preliminary reason for the depressurization of the diesel tank was the subsidence of the soil and the concrete platform underneath,” said the official representative of the Prosecutor General’s Office Andrei Ivanov, Interfax quotes him as saying.
The Office continues verification activities at the scene.
On May 29, diesel fuel spill occurred at TPP-3, which belongs to Norilsk Nickel. According to prosecutors, the area of pollution amounted to 180 thousand square meters. m
Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed to uncompromisingly understand the reasons and objectively assess the damage.
According to Vladimir Potanin, co-owner and head of Norilsk Nickel, the company will fully finance the liquidation of the consequences of an emergency.