One reactor at the Kola nuclear power plant was shut down on Sunday and at Sosnyvyi Bor in the Gulf of Finland last Friday. According to the Radiation Protection Agency, it is an automatic safety function.
One reactor of the Kola nuclear power plant, which is located next to Lapland in Russia, was shut down yesterday Sunday. The Norwegian news site Barents Observer reports on this. The source of the website is the Russian nuclear power administration Rosatom.
According to Rosatom’s press release, the triple reactor shut down automatically on Sunday during the day, and background radiation in the area is normal. According to Rosatom, two of the other three reactors at the Kuola nuclear power plant are in operation and one is under maintenance.
According to Stuk of the Finnish Radiation Protection Agency, Rosatom announced a similar emergency shutdown a couple of days ago at the Sosnovyi Bori nuclear power plant in the Gulf of Finland. According to Stuk, it is an automatic safety function. There is no obligation to notify Stuk of quick locks.
– This is a safety function performed by plant automation. The nuclear power plant is brought to a safe state when the system detects a deviation from normal. There have been similar events in Sosnovyi Bor. The latest was last Friday (19 May 2023), answers Stuk’s project manager by Kim Söderling by e-mail.
The Kola nuclear power plant is located in Poljarnyje Zor on the shore of Lake Imandra. From Voimala, it is 170 kilometers as the crow flies to Salla and 230 kilometers to Kemijärvi.
Rosatom’s websites are monitored in Stuk of the Finnish Radiation Protection Agency. Otherwise, connections to Russian nuclear power plants have been cut off after Russia attacked Ukraine. Before the war, you could call and ask for more detailed information about express stops.