Shut German Unterweser nuke has faulty cooler
Date: 25-Nov-02
Country: GERMANY
"The fault is concerning the width and strength of the welding seams," the Lower Saxony environment ministry said in a statememt, adding it had requested a report from E.ON on the error.
A ministry spokeswoman declined to comment on what impact the findings would have on the restart of the plant or whether the repairs would take longer than expected.
The government statement follows talk in the German power market that Unterweser would not rejoin the grid before the end of the year.
The plant went off-line on August 10 for regular maintenance, was recommissioned on September 3, but was then taken off the grid again the day after, due to technical faults.
