No damage from earthquake at Ignalina

No damage from earthquake at Ignalina

Stockholm (Platts)--22Sep2004


An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale was felt at Lithuania's
Ignalina nuclear plant late yesterday afternoon, but plant management said
reactor operations were not affected. The epicenter of the quake was in the
Russian enclave of Kalliningrad, which borders Lithuania. There are two
1,500-MW RBMK's at the plant; Ignalina-2 is down for maintenance but
Ignalina-1 was in operation when the earthquake struck. Seismic monitoring
equipment and alarms were installed at the plant in 1999. However, civil
preparedness authorities in the Baltic country said they feel general
emergency plans need to be improved to deal with earthquakes.

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