Swedish nuclear reactor closed after fire

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http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2011/10/23/swedish_nuclear_reactor_closed_after_fire/


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Plant operator OKG's spokesman Anders Ostberg says a fire started in a turbine hall of Reactor 2 around midnight Saturday but was quickly extinguished by local rescue workers.

Ostberg said Sunday the blaze appears to have been caused by oil that leaked onto a hot surface.

But he said further investigations are needed to determine what caused the oil leak and that it wasn't immediately clear when the nuclear plant would reopen.

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The Nordic country gets nearly half of its electricity from 10 nuclear reactors, and abandoned plans to dismantle them by 2010.
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yes a simple fire can close a nuke plant

wonder why they abandoned plans to dismantle them?

[MineralMan]

1. Yes, a fire can shut down almost anything.

The fire's out. They'll repair the problem that caused it, then restart the plant. Fires close down many operations every day. Most reopen shortly afterwards, unless there is extensive damage.

Nuclear power generation is not safe. It has never been safe, and cannot be made to be safe.

Still, an oil fire at a nuclear power plant does not mean anything more than there was an oil fire.

[Codeine]

2. Basic safety precaution.

Isn't that a good thing? :shrug:

>wonder why they abandoned plans to dismantle them?

Because they get half their power from them and decided building a crapload of coal or gas plants in their place was stupid?