Poor repairs to a generating unit contributed...

The August 17 disaster at the Sayano-Shushenskaya plant on Siberia"s Yenisei River killed 75 people and destroyed a turbine hall. The accident also destroyed three hydropower units and damaged the other seven.

The State Duma"s energy committee cited the report as saying that the low quality of work carried out in March by an organization affiliated with the hydropower plant"s management to repair the hydropower unit No. 2 contributed to the destruction of the pins that held the lid on the turbine.

The parliamentary probe also found that the accident was prompted by flaws in the dam"s design, which placed personnel facilities at levels subject to flooding.

The accident was exacerbated by the lack of protective measures for personnel and equipment in the plant"s control system, the findings said.

The Russian industrial safety regulator, Rostekhnadzor, announced on October 3 the results of its probe into the disaster at the country"s largest hydroelectric

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