It was in 1994, it was autumn, and November.Tug "Danube-31" made a normal routine flight, pushing in front of him two barges loaded with fertilizer.He had to go through gateways and down to the reservoir to the lower level of the river Kama.This differential pressure creates water surfaces needed to turn turbines hydroelectric power station.
Everything was as usual.Convoy went to the upper gate, and from the water started to drop.Further developments came as a surprise to the staff and water networks, and the tug crew.Two fishermen udivshih fish on the shore, most likely, did not even realize what is happening.
What happened, got its name - the accident at the Kama hydroelectric power station.This is not entirely true and correct, because the station and gateways are different constructions.And their story is different, and they are constructed separately.But everyone understands what is at stake, so the definition is stuck and is now used everywhere.
sequence of events is as follows: after the start of water discharge bottom gate suddenly opened.Emerged torrent swept and tug and barge for themselves, and they are mechanically demolished next gate.It all happened very quickly, within just a few seconds.Killed awash fishermen, were two of them.Actually, they were not supposed to be a prohibited area, but the misfortune, they penetrated there.
To understand how there could be an accident at the Kama hydroelectric power station, should remember its history.It started construction in 1932.Five years were building the first bridge and gateway, which became the basis of the future station.
Then there were other priority projects - Kuibyshev hydroelectric and hydroelectric Solikamsk.Construction frozen and workers, among which, as usual in those years, most were prisoners transferred together with the technique to new places.
After the war, about the inactive facility remembered, and watts (sand-clay shallows) work started again.The project has been finalized.By 1954, the first turbine started to give electricity.
For unknown reasons, the state commission to take an object came only after 10 years.Perhaps, the builders did not insist acceptance for whatever reasons of their own.The accident at the Kama hydroelectric power station occurred much later, but who knows whether it is natural, because it could happen on any day of the three decades.
station was unique.Unlike other similar facilities, it was conceived as a heavy-duty construction, which is not even afraid of the bombing.The dam and the building, which houses the turbines are a single entity.The energy produced more than half a megawatt.In 1913, all the power of the Russian Empire provided the same power.
causes of accidents on GES are different, the main one is often called wear.It is not surprising, because such structures are built not for a year or even a decade.When the public finds out the age of the facility, people who are not familiar with the specifics of construction, surprised and indignant: "Of course, this junk was itself fall apart!" But it's not years of operation, and in the efforts to maintain the structure in a healthy state.
After the accident occurred at the Kama hydroelectric power station, a government commission found that care was virtually no construction during the whole period of its operation.In addition, it became clear that the project was not perfect.This is also not surprising, ideas on the construction of such gateways are constantly changing, as well as the technologies and materials.
accident at the hydroelectric power station has not led to the consequences that led to talk of it as a disaster.The gate could close quickly, not allowing a critical water leakage from the reservoir.Tug hardly affected, in contrast to the gate leaves, and two barges are not subject to recovery.The main reason was the failure of the crew Boat mooring at the gateway that would have prevented the blow.And the victims - two fishermen ...
