A 1,000-megawatt reactor at Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant was shut down late Sunday due to a short circuit but no radiation leak was detected, the plant said Monday.
A 1,000-megawatt reactor at
Bulgaria
's
Kozloduy nuclear power plant was shut down late Sunday due to a short circuit
but no radiation leak was detected, the plant said Monday.
According to a press statement, the reactor was taken off the electricity grid
at 2303 local time [2103 GMT] Sunday following a short circuit in the turbo
generator's control and management system, which is in the radiation-free
secondary circuit of the bloc.
No radiation leak was detected after the automatic shutdown of the reactor that
followed, the plant said.
Kozloduy's other 1,000 MW bloc continued operating at 100% capacity, the
statement said, adding the failed reactor was also expected to be switched back
onto the grid Monday night after repairs.
Only two rectors remain in operation at Kozloduy, Bulgaria's sole nuclear power
plant, after four outdated smaller units were shut down in order for the
country to join the European Union in 2007.
To make up for the lost capacity, Bulgaria plans to build a second 2,000 MW
nuclear power plant at Belene, east of Kozloduy on the Danube, and possibly add
new reactors at Kozloduy itself.
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