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Crack found in n-reactor

MOSCOW: Engineers found a crack in a nuclear reactor during maintenance operations at the Novovoronezh power plant in central Russia, officials said on Monday. The 3-millimeter crack was discovered in a tube in the heat exchanger of one of the plant's reactors, which had been shut down for servicing, a spokesman for the Rosenergoatom nuclear consortium said. There are 5,000 such tubes in the heat exchanger. Radiation levels at the plant remained normal, the plant's chief engineer said, according to the ITAR-Tass news agency. The reactor was to remain shut for about three more months for maintenance, ITAR-Tass said.Russia has nine nuclear power plants with a total of 30 nuclear reactors. — AP

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