Vattenfall Idles a Second German Nuclear Plant

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http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2700560,00.html

Swedish-owned electricity company Vattenfall idled a second nuclear power plant in Germany on Saturday at government orders amid an ongoing row about nuclear power.

The plant at Brunsbüttel, west of Hamburg, had been in a "standby" state since the middle of this month for a change of oil at its transformer, but must now be powered down so government
inspectors can take a closer look.

Inspectors for the state of Schleswig-Holstein said on Saturday they would check reports that a sub-standard type of fastening had been used to bolt a gantry to a wall near the reactor.

Vattenfall's Krümmel plant east of the city has been offline for repairs since its transformer oil caught fire on June 28 and sub-standard fastenings were subsequently found there too.

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