The Rostov nuclear power plant in Southern Russia was hit by a malfunction just days earlier as the region suffers from a scorching heatwave.
Russia has refuted social media rumors of a nuclear emergency after speculation spread on Friday that a radiation 'accident' had occurred at the Rostov nuclear power plant.'The Rostov nuclear power plant is operating normally, the background radiation is normal, the messages that have appeared about the accident are fake,' Russian state nuclear company Rosenergoatom told state-run news agency RIA Novosti.
''The units are operating normally, the radiation background is at the natural level!' it said.On Tuesday, one of the nuclear power plant's four power units was shut down due to a malfunction of the turbine generator, Russia's state-owned energy group Rosatom said, resulting in millions of Russians in the south of the country experiencing power outages.
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