Post by Shadow on Jan 23, 2006 19:03:25 GMT -5
Breitbart
Part of the Czec Republic's controversial Temelin nuclear power plant was disconnected from the electricity grid for five hours overnight following a failure caused by the sharp drop in temperature.
"The external temperature affected the functioning of a sensor on a transformer. The automatic system reacted by reducing the power of the reactor and stopping the turbine," spokesman Milan Nebesar said Monday.
"Reactor power was cut by 38 percent and the block was disconnected from the network for about five hours on Sunday night," he said, adding that capacity would remain curtailed for the following hours.
The temperature at Temelin, in the south of the Czech Republic, fell to around minus 20 degrees Celsius (minus four Fahrenheit) on Sunday night, he added.
The Temelin plant has two blocks, each with a Russian designed VVER reactor with a production capacity of around 1,000 MW and security and control systems provided by the US company Westinghouse.
Around 60 kilometres (35 miles) from the Austrian border, the plant has been the target for vociferous protests from ecologists and anti-nuclear campaigners who argue that Temelin is unsafe.
Part of the Czec Republic's controversial Temelin nuclear power plant was disconnected from the electricity grid for five hours overnight following a failure caused by the sharp drop in temperature.
"The external temperature affected the functioning of a sensor on a transformer. The automatic system reacted by reducing the power of the reactor and stopping the turbine," spokesman Milan Nebesar said Monday.
"Reactor power was cut by 38 percent and the block was disconnected from the network for about five hours on Sunday night," he said, adding that capacity would remain curtailed for the following hours.
The temperature at Temelin, in the south of the Czech Republic, fell to around minus 20 degrees Celsius (minus four Fahrenheit) on Sunday night, he added.
The Temelin plant has two blocks, each with a Russian designed VVER reactor with a production capacity of around 1,000 MW and security and control systems provided by the US company Westinghouse.
Around 60 kilometres (35 miles) from the Austrian border, the plant has been the target for vociferous protests from ecologists and anti-nuclear campaigners who argue that Temelin is unsafe.