Alarm shuts down nuclear reactor

Emergency officials say a warning alarm has triggered the automatic shutdown of a nuclear reactor in western Ukraine.

Officials at the Emergency Situations Ministry said a fall in water levels at a steam generator in the third reactor of the Rivne nuclear power plant caused Thursday's shutdown.

The ministry said that radiation levels remained normal at the station. Officials declined to give more details.

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