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 Before washing: Soot is dispersed in the reactor containment.
Ringhals 2 reactor is scheduled to start again on Thursday after the fire that crippled production in eight months. The stop is estimated to cost over two billion.
Pressurized water reactor Ringhals 2 received on Friday once again star
permission from the SSM, SSM, after the fire that began in the reactor
containment night until 11 May last year.
The reactor was shut down when a pressure test of the integrity of containment walls were performed. When the card was signed a forgotten water vacuum and triggered a fire that led to the soot spread to the roof, walls and floors in the 50,000-square-foot "container" that surrounds the reactor vessel. Equipment diving suit, pvc gloves, etc., consisting of 30 kg and 5 kg plastic rubber material, went up in smoke and contaminated large areas of chloride-containing black soot. After an extensive clean-up in the containment and reactor can now reactor to re-start producing electricity. The start is scheduled for Thursday, February 2. The reactor was then stalled for eight months. You can not say exactly what everything will cost. The largest item is, of course, loss of revenue and there is estimated to range in the county about 2 billion. In addition to the costs and taxes, said Gosta Larsen, Head of Communications at Ringhals AB, which owns the operating company Barseback. Remediation of the cost of roughly around 150-200 million. We have not received the final bill yet, says Gosta Larsen. The reactor is now being tested and prepared for takeoff. According Gosta Larsen, there are no indications that it can not connect the reactor to the grid again. No, it rolls on as usual. SSM also demands that Barseback, which is jointly owned by Vattenfall and Eon, ensures that the clean-up went well and that any deficiencies are discovered in the future. The nuclear power plant may be strict reporting requirements to both during the start of the operation ahead. You should carry out inspections, tests and follow-up and report the results to the SSM, in various specified time limits. In addition, Barseback complement and extend the inspection, testing and maintenance programs that they normally apply at the facility. The latter aims to over the years that will capture any long term effects of pollutants and other substances that arose in connection with the fire. Among other things, you should monitor the corrosion of stainless steel surfaces do not occur. |
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