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Nuke Reactor in Ukraine Shut Down
Nuke Reactor in Ukraine Shut Down
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - A reactor at Ukraine's Zaporizhia nuclear
power plant was briefly shut down following a short circuit,
officials said Thursday. The plant's reactor No. 6 was halted late Wednesday and was
restarted four hours later following repairs, the Emergency
Situation Ministry said. No radiation leaks were reported. Ukraine, site of the world's worst nuclear accident at the
Chernobyl plant in 1986, currently runs 13 nuclear reactors at four
atomic plants. They are frequently shut down for maintenance or
because of malfunctions but still account for about 40 percent of
the former Soviet republic's electricity. Chernobyl was closed down for good on Dec. 15, 2000.
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