Norilsk disaster and how TriOS products brought the truth to light
Published by TriOS Mess- und Datentechnik in Produkte · Monday 10 Aug 2020
At the end
of May, more than 20,000 tons of diesel leaked from a thermal power plant tank
in Norilsk, Russia, polluting long stretches of the Ambarnaya river and the 70
kilometer long Lake Pyasino. As a result, a state of emergency was declared
nationwide. The operator of the power plant was ordered to take over all
cleaning work completely.
The
Ambarnaja River flows into Lake Pyasino and then continues into the Arctic
Ocean via another river. Dams have been built to hold back the mineral oil and
thus officially contain the spread.
Hydrogeologist
Schora Kavanosyan doubted these results and set out on his own to find answers.
Equipped with a TriOS enviroFlu and a TriBox mini, he approached the pollution
from the sea side and carried out measurements in the area that was officially
considered non-contaminated. This measurement revealed that there is indeed an
increased PAH load there and that the official reporting cannot be credible.
Under the
following link you will find a detailed interview with Kavanosyan, in which he
talks about his journey and his findings. (Video russian, subtitles available):