KIEV, July 21 – National Nuclear Generating Company Energoatom has denied the report of a serious accident at Khmelnytsky nuclear plant.

MP Andriy Artemenko (Radical Party) has said that on July 16 a serious accident with leakage of nuclear fuel was recorded at the facility.

"I learned from reliable sources that the government is hiding the seriousness of the accident occurred on July 16 at reactor one of Khmelnytsky NPP with the depressurization of the reactor primary circuit and leakage of radioactive coolant to the nuclear steam generator. In addition, nuclear fuel leaked, which is a critical situation," he wrote on his Facebook page.