 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Bulgaria shuts nuclear reactor for maintenance
Sofia (AFP) Jan 5, 2010 Bulgaria announced Tuesday that it would close for maintenance one of the two 1,100 megawatt reactors at its sole nuclear power plant at Kozloduy on the Danube. The plant would start lowering the reactor's capacity from 10:00pm (2000 GMT) Tuesday, the power station's management said in a statement. The planned maintenance, expected to be wrapped up within 10 days, would include repairs on a valve regulating steam into the reactor turbine, it said. The other reactor was working at maximum capacity, the statement said. Four 440-megawatt units at Kozloduy were closed in 2002 and 2006 as a condition for joining the European Union in 2007. The old Soviet-built reactors were deemed unsafe.
Share This Article With Planet Earth
Related Links Nuclear Power News - Nuclear Science, Nuclear Technology Powering The World in the 21st Century at Energy-Daily.com
Lithuanian nuke plant closed under EU dealVilnius (AFP) Dec 31, 2009 Lithuania Thursday shut down its Soviet-era nuclear plant under an EU deal in a move set to drive up electricity prices amid an economic crisis and leave it counting on ex-master Moscow for power. "At 11:00 pm (2100 GMT) everything went offline. It all went according to plan," Viktor Sevaldin, director of the 26-year-old plant, told AFP by telephone. The plant, located in Visaginas in eastern Lithuania, provided 70 percent of the Baltic state's electricity. It gradually went offline from 8:00 pm (1800 GMT) Thursday, displaying its decreasing output on its website. ... read more |
|
|
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2009 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any Web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement |
del.icio.us
Digg
Reddit
YahooMyWeb
Google
Facebook