Repairs from fire damage to keep Vandellos-2 offline for weeks

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An August 24 fire at Spain's Vandellos-2 will keep the reactor down for several weeks, Asociacion Nuclear Asco-Vandellos II, or ANAV, said August 25.rnANAV, which operates the plant, said the fire started because of an electrical fault in a junction box in the turbine hall, which is immediately below the main electrical generator.rnIt burned for approximately 70 minutes and was put out by plant fire brigades. The reactor shut down automatically. There were no injuries to people and no radiological release or threat from the event, ANAV said.rnThe company was expecting the arrival of contractors ABB and Siemens on August 25 to help analyze the damage to electrical production equipment. It was not yet known if the main electrical generator suffered damage from the incident, ANAV said in a press statement.