Reply #14: Ooops. Swedish nuclear reactor closed after fire

[kristopher]

Swedish nuclear reactor closed after fire
October 23, 2011

STOCKHOLM—A nuclear reactor in southern Sweden has been shut down after a fire at the plant.

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...

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


Scrambling to find massive amounts of backup with no warning....