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TAPE: EF01/0557 IN_TIME: 22:15:47 DURATION: 1:44 SOURCES: NTV RESTRICTIONS: DATELINE: South Russia - 28 July 2001 SHOTLIST: 1. Fire engines coming out of fire station 2. NovoVoronezhsky Nuclear power station sign 3. Various exteriors of nuclear power station 4. Nuclear waste storage 5. Storage facilities 6. Fire brigade truck and fireman 7. Forest fire 8. Fire engines 9. More of forest fire 10. Fire engines 11. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sergei Lisovskoi, Worker NovoVoronezhsky Fire Department "There was no threat to the nuclear power station itself, but (the fire) was threatening the neighbouring nuclear waste storage facilities." 12. Nuclear power station operations room 13. Power station worker 14. Close up of nuclear power generator sign 15. Power station worker 16. Exterior of power station 17. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vladimir Rozin, Deputy Head Engineer for Safety Equipment, Novovoronezhsky Atomic Station "To help safeguard the system the station's thirteenth generator was switched off. The reactor`s power was turned down to minimum and the situation on was totally under control without any radiation effect." 18. Fire engines 19. Firemen 20. Wide pan of forest fire 21. Various of firemen 22. Fire 23. Novovoronezh region map 24. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Colonel Yuri Inshakov, Deputy Director of Administration State Fire Service "The suspected cause of the fire was careless use of fire. All details will be investigated by investigators and prosecutors." 25. Power station operations room 26. Power station worker 27. Indicator board 28. Power station worker 29. Various of power station exteriors STORYLINE: A forest fire caused the partial shutdown of a Russian nuclear power station on Saturday. The fire burned to within three kilometres of the Novovoronezhsky nuclear power station in southern Russia, coming dangerously close to a storage facility containing nuclear waste from the plant. Although there was no immediate danger to the power station, one of the plants' power units was shut down as a safety measure. The fire was put out an hour after it started on Saturday afternoon. Radiation levels are reported to be within permitted levels. Officials blamed the blaze on careless use of fire and say the perpetrators would be found and prosecuted. The nuclear station is located about 350 kilometres southwest of Moscow.

Source ABCNEWS VideoSource
Title: Russia Fire - Authorities fight forest fire nearing nuclear plant
Date: 07/28/2001
Library: APTN
Tape Number: VSAP310874
Content: TAPE: EF01/0557 IN_TIME: 22:15:47 DURATION: 1:44 SOURCES: NTV RESTRICTIONS: DATELINE: South Russia - 28 July 2001 SHOTLIST: 1. Fire engines coming out of fire station 2. NovoVoronezhsky Nuclear power station sign 3. Various exteriors of nuclear power station 4. Nuclear waste storage 5. Storage facilities 6. Fire brigade truck and fireman 7. Forest fire 8. Fire engines 9. More of forest fire 10. Fire engines 11. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sergei Lisovskoi, Worker NovoVoronezhsky Fire Department "There was no threat to the nuclear power station itself, but (the fire) was threatening the neighbouring nuclear waste storage facilities." 12. Nuclear power station operations room 13. Power station worker 14. Close up of nuclear power generator sign 15. Power station worker 16. Exterior of power station 17. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vladimir Rozin, Deputy Head Engineer for Safety Equipment, Novovoronezhsky Atomic Station "To help safeguard the system the station's thirteenth generator was switched off. The reactor`s power was turned down to minimum and the situation on was totally under control without any radiation effect." 18. Fire engines 19. Firemen 20. Wide pan of forest fire 21. Various of firemen 22. Fire 23. Novovoronezh region map 24. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Colonel Yuri Inshakov, Deputy Director of Administration State Fire Service "The suspected cause of the fire was careless use of fire. All details will be investigated by investigators and prosecutors." 25. Power station operations room 26. Power station worker 27. Indicator board 28. Power station worker 29. Various of power station exteriors STORYLINE: A forest fire caused the partial shutdown of a Russian nuclear power station on Saturday. The fire burned to within three kilometres of the Novovoronezhsky nuclear power station in southern Russia, coming dangerously close to a storage facility containing nuclear waste from the plant. Although there was no immediate danger to the power station, one of the plants' power units was shut down as a safety measure. The fire was put out an hour after it started on Saturday afternoon. Radiation levels are reported to be within permitted levels. Officials blamed the blaze on careless use of fire and say the perpetrators would be found and prosecuted. The nuclear station is located about 350 kilometres southwest of Moscow.
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