‘The international community must boycott the Russian nuclear industry’
“The Russian nuclear company Rosatom is not just another energy company. It is a state within the state, and a political instrument for the Kremlin. ...
News
Reactor Shut Down at Kola Nuclear Power Plant
Publish date: April 13, 1998
Written by: Thomas Nilsen
Shortcuts on this page
News
Reactor Shut Down at Kola Nuclear Power Plant
Reactor No. 2 at the Kola Nuclear Power Plant was shut down after a technician had made a mistake in the inspection procedure on April 9th.
The reactor automatically shut down during a routine inspection, and there was no report on radiation leaks. Georgy Kaurov, a spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Nuclear Energy (Minatom), said that this only means that the protection system is operating perfectly.
Reactor No. 2 was put into operation in 1974 and is one of the two oldest reactors of the VVER-440/230 type at the Kola Nuclear Power Plant.
More News
All news
What Rosatom’s third year at war tells us
This op-ed originally appeared in The Moscow Times. If Russia’s state nuclear corporation, Rosatom, is to be believed, 2024 was a banner year.&nbs...
Norway opens new Arctic oil fields – named after sea ice phenomenon that the very same oil will contribute to melting
Earlier this month, Norwegian state-owned petroleum company Equinor (with partners Vår Energi and Petoro) started production at a new Arctic site, wi...
Russia’s Chernobyl-style reactors to keep operating until the end of the decade
Recent announcements by Russian nuclear officials that they will extend the runtimes of several Chernobyl-style RBMK nuclear reactors shed light on t...