Octobre 2008 / The Local (Sweden)

Safety check forces Swedish nuke plant shutdown

https://www.thelocal.se/15110/

Safety check forces Swedish nuke plant shutdown

Published : 21 Oct 08 13:50 CET

Online : https://www.thelocal.se/15110/20081021/

Sweden shut down one of its nuclear reactors on Tuesday to check the plant’s control rods after cracks were found in the rods at an identical plant, the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) reports.

The agency said it had been alerted last week that a routine annual inspection at the Oskarshamn nuclear plant in eastern (...)