Fire prompts shutdown of Belgium nuclear power station

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Brussels, Rabi'I 08, 1437, December 19, 2015, SPA -- A nuclear reactor at Tihange power station in Belgium was turned off Friday evening due to a fire in the plant, local media reported according to dpa. Reactor unit 1 was automatically switched off during the fire, which occurred in a non-nuclear section of the plant. The incident did not impact workers, the public or the environment, operator Electrabel said, according to Belga news agency. Tihange is located about 70 kilometres west of the German border town of Aachen. --SPA 10:58 LOCAL TIME 07:58 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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