Reactor at Belgian Nuclear Power Plant Shuts Down After Incident

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A reactor at Belgium’s Tihange nuclear power plant has shut down automatically following an abnormality on Friday, the plant operator said. The causes behind the incident are being investigated.

The mechanism is designed to force the reactor to shut down "when an abnormality is detected," she added, saying the causes of Friday’s interruption are now being assessed by specialists.

The Tihange plant is one of Belgium’s two large-scale nuclear power stations, and is located some 100km [62 miles] from the capital city of Brussels.

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