Moscow, Nov 07, 2008 -- BBC Monitoring

In October 2008 Rostekhnadzor [the Federal Service for Ecological, Technological and Nuclear Monitoring] uncovered metal deformation in the Novovoronezh nuclear power plant's control and safety system, which was the only deviation in the operation of the Russian nuclear power plants registered last month, the agency's press service said on Friday [7 November].

According to Rostekhnadzor data, metal deformation was uncovered during visual inspection of metal in the thermal bracing of connecting pipes [teplovyye rastyazhki patrubkov] of the control and safety system of the fourth power-generating unit of the Novovoronezh nuclear power plant on 14 October. According to standard measurement equipment, the level of radioactivity has not changed; on the INES scale reading is "off scale".

A commission is investigating the fault, reads the statement. [Passage omitted]

Source: RIA Novosti news agency, Moscow, in Russian 1301 gmt 7 Nov 08

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