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Nuclear Reactor Shuts Down In Ukraine
23 August 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Officials said today a nuclear reactor in western Ukraine shut down automatically when sensors indicated a malfunction in a pump in its cooling system.
The state-run Energoatom nuclear operator said in a statement that there was no increase in radiation levels at the troublesome reactor No. 2 in the Khmelnytskyy nuclear-power plant.
The statement added that the faulty pump's valves were shut down manually.
The No. 2 reactor at Khmelnytskyy has experienced a series of automatic shutdowns since its launch last year.
Ukraine operates 15 nuclear reactors, and says it is committed to modernizing all of them.
(AP)
Copyright (c) 2005. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036. www.rferl.org
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