The Kursk-2 nuclear power plant, one of Russia’s eight commercial RBMK light water graphite reactor units, has been permanently shut down, Russia’s state-owned nuclear power corporation Rosatom said.
The 925-MW RBMK-1000 unit was taken offline at 04:01 Moscow time on 31 January, a statement said.
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