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Sofia (AFP) March 22, 2010 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 11:03 pm (2103GMT) on Sunday following a short circuit in the turbogenerator'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 added. Kozloduy's other 1,000-megawatt bloc continued operating at 100-percent capacity, the statement said, adding that 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 Only two rectors remain in operation at Kozloduy, Bulgaria's sole nuclear power plant, after four outdated smaller units were shut down in order for the country to join the EU in 2007. To make up for the lost capacity, Bulgaria plans to build a second 2,000-megawatt nuclear power plant at Belene, east of Kozloduy on the Danube, and possibly add new reactors at Kozloduy itself.
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