Man Arrested in Nuke Plant Theft

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

Saturday April 17 3:55 PM ET 

Man Arrested in Nuke Plant Theft

MOSCOW (AP) - Police arrested a man Saturday on charges of 
attempting to steal pieces of a nuclear power plant, which
automatically shut down as a result of the tampering, Russian 
authorities said.

The arrest took place in the far northern city of Murmansk, where 
the Kola nuclear power plant shut down early Friday when safety 
devices detected someone tampering with the equipment, the 
Federal Security Service told Russian news agencies.  

Investigators said someone had tried to take apart some oil-
pressure sensors on a generator. They said an employee of a plant 
contractor was questioned and confessed to the attempted theft, 
ITAR-Tass and Interfax said.  

The worker, who was not identified, reportedly said he wanted to 
sell the equipment, which contained valuable metals. Such
industrial theft has become common in Russia.

The reports did not say if the plant had been restarted. 

Sandy Perle
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