ROSTOV-ON-DON, May 18 (RIA Novosti) - Reactor No. 1 at the Volgodonsk nuclear power plant in south European Russia has been restarted after an unplanned shutdown, a plant spokesman said Thursday.
The reactor was stopped Wednesday afternoon to repair a malfunction in its turbo generator.
"The reactor was launched today at 8.30 a.m. Moscow time [4.30 a.m. GMT] after the membrane of the turbo generator was replaced," he said. "In the morning, the electric power was 750 MW and [it] has now reached 1,000 [MW]."
Nuclear power monopoly Rosenergoatom said earlier, "There were no violations of secure usage of the Volgodonsk NPP. Background radiation at the plant and surrounding areas does not exceed the permitted level and corresponds to usage norms of the [plant's] reactors."
