Dungeness B nuclear reactor shuts down after fault Published duration 3 December 2013

image caption Part of Dungeness B stopped producing electricity in the early hours

Part of Dungeness nuclear power station has shut down because of an equipment fault.

EDF said the Dungeness B reactor 21 shut down because of an issue on a turbine condenser.

The energy firm said staff on site at the plant in Kent were working on a repair to return the unit power.

National Grid data showed the 550-megawatt reactor stopped sending power to the system and it shut down at 03:50 GMT, EDF said.

Dungeness B has two reactors and reactor 22 remains operational.

Dungeness A has been decommissioned.

Both Dungeness B reactors automatically shut down during the St Jude's Day storm on 28 October, when electricity to the site was cut off.