Thursday, 30 April 2015

Fire shuts down Taiwan nuclear power reactor

CIVIL NUCLEAR
Fire shuts down Taiwan nuclear power reactor
Taipei (XNA) Apr 29, 2015 - A fire broke out at a nuclear power station in southern Taiwan shortly before midnight on Sunday, forcing the shutdown of one of its two reactors. The fire began inside an auxiliary electrical transformer at the Third Nuclear Power Plant in Pingtung County, setting off an alarm at 11:58 p.m., the Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) said. It was put out by the plant's own firefighters 17 ... more


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