Argentina to Shut A-Plant
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<i> United Press International</i>
BUENOS AIRES — Argentina’s troubled Atucha 1 nuclear power plant, shut down by a broken fuel rod in 1988, will again halt operations for further repairs, officials said Saturday.
Managers at Atucha 1, Latin America’s oldest nuclear power plant which produces 5% to 7% of Argentina’s electricity, said the reactor would be shut down for 40 days beginning at the end of July.
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