December 30 (SeeNews) - Nuclearelectrica [BSE:SNN], the operator of Romania's sole nuclear power plant Cernavoda, said on Thursday it has reconnected to the grid one of the plant's two 700 MW units that was shut down a day earlier.
Cernavoda NPP Unit 1 was shut down in a controlled manner in the evening of December 29 in order to perform repair works at a lightning rod fitted on one of the power evacuation poles, Nuclearelectrica said in a filing to the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB).
The repair works were done in compliance with Cernavoda NPP procedures and they had no impact on personnel, population or environment, the company said.
Blue-chip Nuclearelectrica's shares traded 0.21% higher at 48.1 lei ($10.9/ 9.7 euro) as at 1044 CET on the BVB on Thursday.
(1 euro = 4.9490 Romanian lei)
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