The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been informed by the Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration (SNSA) that reactor start up procedures were initiated at the Kr?ko nuclear power plant today, and that the plant is scheduled to resume connection to the grid at 21:00 UTC tonight. The power plant automatically shut down yesterday following an earthquake with the epicentre in the town of Petrinja, Croatia, around 80 kilometres away.

SNSA informed the IAEA that Kr?ko’s safety systems had operated as expected, and that detailed inspections yesterday had shown no damage to the power plant’s systems and equipment due to the earthquake.

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