<p>"A thunderstorm on the border of the Saratov and the Samara regions in the late evening of July 7 damaged two power transmission lines serving the fourth reactor at the Balakovskaya nuclear power plant, causing an automatic safety shutdown," RIA Novosti reported.<br /><br />Radiation levels around the nuclear power plant remain unchanged and the work of the fourth reactor will resume after the completion of repairs of the damaged power transmission lines.<br /><br />The Balakovskaya plant has four modernised VVER-1000 nuclear reactors similar to the ones built by Russia at Kudankulam NPP in Tamil Nadu, with extensive automated safety systems developed after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the Soviet Union 25 years ago.</p>
<p>"A thunderstorm on the border of the Saratov and the Samara regions in the late evening of July 7 damaged two power transmission lines serving the fourth reactor at the Balakovskaya nuclear power plant, causing an automatic safety shutdown," RIA Novosti reported.<br /><br />Radiation levels around the nuclear power plant remain unchanged and the work of the fourth reactor will resume after the completion of repairs of the damaged power transmission lines.<br /><br />The Balakovskaya plant has four modernised VVER-1000 nuclear reactors similar to the ones built by Russia at Kudankulam NPP in Tamil Nadu, with extensive automated safety systems developed after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the Soviet Union 25 years ago.</p>