Luxembourg
Cattenom reactor shut down due to alternator fault
An incident on Tuesday morning at the Cattenom nuclear power plant saw reactor block number two shut down.
(CS) An incident on Tuesday morning at the Cattenom nuclear power plant saw reactor block number two shut down.
Cause of the shut-down, initiated by technicians around 7am on Tuesday, was a faulty alternator, which converts the energy produced by the turbine into electricity. The alternator lies outside the nuclear zone.
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