Nuclear reactor at Bulgaria's Kozloduy station taken offline

www.sofiaecho.com
Mar 22 2010

One of the two 1000MW reactors at Bulgaria's sole nuclear power station at Kozloduy on the Danube River was disconnected from the power grid late on March 21, the plant said on March 22, as quoted by Dnevnik daily.

The reactor was disconnected after a short-circuit in one of the control systems for the turbogenerator, according to the power plant's statement. The incident, which happened at 11.03pm on March 21, did not cause any radioactive leaks, the statement said. The reactor, in unit six of the power plant, is expected to be reconnected to the power grid later on March 22. In the meantime, the fifth unit of the plant was operating at full capacity, the statement said.