Chernobyl Nuclear Plant Shut Down by Broken Power Line, AP Says

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

Chernobyl Nuclear Plant Shut Down by Broken Power Line, AP Says
  
Kiev, Ukraine, Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear 
power plant was shut down after an ice-covered power line broke, the 
Associated Press reported. 

Reactor No. 3, the only working reactor at the plant, was shut down 
by its automatic safety system. It will be restarted on Saturday, AP 
said, citing a plant spokesman. There were no malfunctions or 
radiation leaks reported, AP said. 

Ukraine has said it will permanently close the nuclear power plant on 
Dec. 15, AP said. The plant's reactor No. 4 exploded and caught fire 
in April 1986. The radioactive cloud from the explosion may have 
eventually killed thousands of people, AP said. 

Environmental groups and European governments have pressured Ukraine 
for years to shut down the plant, AP said. Safety issues and 
Ukraine's concern over energy shortages without the remaining reactor 
have been the focus of many of the disputes. 

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