21.   He said that operators at Yuzhnaya are currently preparing to restart the reactor.

22.   It did not say why the reactor could be restarted Monday.

23.   It said operators plan to restart the reactor in three days.

24.   Last month, seven of them failed the rod-drop test because they fell too slowly to meet international standards, forcing a delay in restarting the reactor.

25.   Oberkovich said plant officials plan to restart the reactor in the next couple of days, although they are concerned about its safety.

26.   Operators at a nuclear power plant worked Friday to restart a reactor that was shut off by an emergency safety system for the second time this week.

27.   Operators at a problem-plagued Ukrainian nuclear power plant on Monday restarted a reactor they had shut down a day earlier because of a malfunctioning control rod.

28.   The association said it had transmitted its findings to the Ukrainian government, which is now preparing a list of improvements to be made before the reactor is restarted.

29.   The company did not say when the reactor would be restarted.

30.   The decision to restart the reactors triggered protests from neighboring Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, who fear the plant is an environmental threat.