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MOSCOW: Block 4 of the Russian nuclear power plant Beloyarsk, in the Ural Mountains, was turned off Sunday as a result of a "false" security system response, said a subsidiary of the Rosatom State nuclear company.
The block was stopped at 9:15 (4:15 GMT).
"The shutdown was done according to a routine algorithm," said Rosenergoatom in a statement, adding that the background radiation from the station and surrounding areas corresponded to the usual levels.
The factory was opened in 1964.
Last month, a Russian nuclear power plant in northwestern Moscow shut down three of its four generators after a transformer was short-circuited. They have returned to operation since.
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