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Automatic shutdown at Fortum's Loviisa nuclear power plant unit 1

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Fortum Power and Heat  
Press release
12.7.2010

Automatic shutdown at Fortum's Loviisa nuclear power plant unit 1

Fortum's Loviisa nuclear power plant's unit 1 is currently out of production
due to an automatic shutdown this morning 12 July 2010 at 10.34 local time. The
automatic shutdown was caused by a malfunction in the unit's secondary
circuit's automation. The cause of the malfunction is being investigated. 

The incident does not cause any threat to people, the power plant or the
environment. Loviisa power plant's unit 2 is in normal production. 

Fortum Power and Heat
Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant

Further information: 
Markku Tiitinen, power plant manager, +358 10 4554 012
Pauliina Vuosio, vice president financial communications, +358 50 453 2383

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