Radio Prague (Vysilani do zahranici CRo)
News JUNE 13th, 2002
One dead, dozens rescued in Czech coal-mine collapse
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A cave-in deep inside the Doubrava coalmine in North Moravia killed one
miner and injured 13 others on Thursday. A rescue team pulled three of the
most seriously injured Polish miners from underneath the rubble and more
than a dozen trapped miners managed to scramble to the surface. Safety
investigators from the government and the mining company have said the
tremor which caused the early morning accident at the Doubrava mine was
impossible to predict. Although the cave-in occurred about 800 metres
underground, local residents on the surface said the shaking felt like an earthquake.
Temelin shut down again after only hours of operation
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A power-generating turbine at the first reactor of the Temelin nuclear plant
was shut down again on Thursday morning only hours after the power station
was reconnected to the national grid on Wednesday evening. The plant had
been shut down on Monday because of the same problem. A spokesman has said
technicians will replace insulation in the electric part of the turbine,
adding that the latest stoppage did not affect the nuclear reactors. Since
the controversial plant was launched in October 2000, it has been plagued
with technical faults and has been shut down dozens of times. The shutdown
comes just days after government regulators approved a request to graduate
the first unit from the "testing" stage of operation to the "trial" stage.
Last month, regulators approved the test start-up of Unit 2.
[[ Comment: Evidently the Doubrava coal mine & others like it are not "controversial" like Temelin.... Jaro ]]
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