Oil spill caused by HPP accident fully removed

Rescuers have fully removed the oil spill  that  appeared  after the accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydro power plant, Interfax reports.

The  press service of the Siberian regional center of the Emergency Situations' Ministry told Interfax on Monday that most of the spill that spread over  more than 80 kilometers was collected in the Maina man-made lake.

Immediately  after  the accident the bulk of the oil was stopped by booms within the man-made lake. "The part of the spill which spread down the Yenisei  river  over  80  kilometers  has  been  collected  with the application of sorbent agents," the press service said.

(Source: PortNews)