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German nuclear plant back online after fire

Kids playing 'nuclear reactor' prompt German police alert
Two six-year-old boys pretending to have built a mini nuclear power plant prompted German police and the fire brigade to clear their street, authorities said Tuesday. The schoolchildren in the western town of Oelde had built the nuclear reactor mock-up out of a computer casing and taped a "radioactivity warning" they had printed out from the Internet on its side. "When the boys returned to their 'nuclear power plant' from a brief stop at home they were sent away again as the area and a wide radius around it had been cleared and blocked off," police said in a statement. Residents were ordered not to leave their homes and firefighters tested for a radioactive leak. The boys' parents thought the fire department was conducting a drill until they read about the operation online and what led to it. They reported to the police station and explained their six-year-olds had not managed to build an actual nuclear reactor.
by Staff Writers
 Berlin (AFP) June 24, 2009
 A German atomic power plant at the centre of a national outcry over nuclear safety has reopened after a fire broke out there two years ago, its operator said Wednesday.

Swedish energy giant Vattenfall said its Kruemmel plant in northern Germany, which produces about 10 billion kilowatt hours of electricity per year, was back online after maintenance work and modernisation of its facilities.

State authorities had said Friday they were confident the changes made would greatly reduce the likelihood of a future incident.

However opponents of nuclear power do not accept the claims and have organised a protest at the plant on July 3.

Officials said the fire that broke out at Kruemmel on June 28, 2007 had reached the building housing the nuclear reactor, although Vattenfall employees had initially denied this.

The blaze, which was triggered by a short circuit, came just hours after an incident at the nearby Brunsbuettel plant.

The German government and four companies operating nuclear power plants in the country subsequently agreed to tighten safety measures.

Germany decided in 2000 to mothball its 17 reactors by about 2020.

However Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU/CSU conservative bloc has been calling for some time for a re-think, arguing nuclear power is a key part of any energy policy aiming to slash greenhouse gas emissions.

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