Technical malfunction at a nuclear power plant in Finland: what is known
Kyiv • UNN
On January 2, a reactor at the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant in Finland shut down due to a technical malfunction. The fault automatically caused an emergency shutdown of the OL2 reactor, which has been operating since 1982, but the incident did not affect nuclear safety.
In Finland, on January 2, the Olkiluoto NPP reactor stopped due to a technical malfunction. Yle reports this, UNN informs.
Details
It is noted that the northern network of the supplier warned about "unplanned unavailability" of capacities due to a technical malfunction on the so-called "nuclear island"
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During the software update of the reactor power control system on one of the three units of the large nuclear power plant, a problem occurred
It is noted that on the OL2 reactor, which has been operating since 1982, the malfunction automatically caused its emergency shutdown. However, the incident did not affect nuclear safety - the OL1 and OL3 power units of the plant are operating normally.
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