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June 06, 2015

Technical problem shuts down Slovenian nuclear plant
Ljubljana (AFP) June 4, 2015
Slovenia's only nuclear plant Krsko said Thursday it has initiated a preventive shutdown over technical problems in the system for monitoring the temperature. "We have detected technical problems in the system for monitoring the temperature of the primal reactor's cooling," the Krsko nuclear plant said in a statement. It added that "the technical problem has no impact at all on the plant's safety." "The shutdown is expected to last only 24 hours," the plant, situated 100 kilometres (62 miles ... read more

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