Concerns grow over Russian nuclear plant safety

Reports of serious operational damage at a Russian nuclear plant near the Finnish border are causing concern among Finnish nuclear safety officials and environmental activists. Getting Russia to close its old Chernobyl-type plants would likely require international pressure and international funding.

According to reports, swelling and cracking of the reactor's graphite moderator have been observed in the Sosnovy Bor plant, about 200 kilometres from the Finnish border. Nuclear safety experts in Finland see this as a potentially dangerous development.
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