Small fire incident in Sweden’s Ringhals nuclear plant during maintenance work

<p>STOCKHOLM – Officials say a small fire broke out in Sweden’s Ringhals nuclear power plant earlier this week as workers carried out maintenance on a reactor containment unit.</p> <p>The unit, which contains one of Ringhals’ four reactors, had been shut down for maintenance since April 2 and all radio active material had been moved to another building, said Officials. Radiation levels within the unit were not heightened by the incident and no one was injured.</p> <p>Ringhals spokesman Gosta Larsen said Thursday the small blaze, detected through a small temperature rise inside the containment, broke out amid a pressure test at around midnight between Tuesday and Wednesday.</p> <p>It is not clear what caused the near 20 minute long fire and the test has been suspended while the incident is being investigated.</p>