Cracks found at nuclear power plant north of Columbia
Source: The State
COLUMBIA, SC Utility engineers are working to seal cracks at a Fairfield County atomic power plant before the fractures widen and make the plant more vulnerable to a nuclear accident.
The SCE&G plant doesnt present any current threat to the public, but cracks in the reactor head at the nuclear plant are a concern that must be addressed, according to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Without repairs, the small cracks could widen and allow water that keeps the reactor cool to escape. In a nuclear plant, it is important to keep cool water circulating through the reactor to avoid a meltdown of atomic fuel and possible release of radiation.
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Instead of sealing cracks in the aging reactor head, SCE&G should install a new head, as some other power plants have done, Columbia anti-nuclear activist Tom Clements said.
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rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)Be interesting to know what they are sealing the cracks with.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Nuclear energy is safe, now eat your bananas.
DJ13
(23,671 posts)Downwinder
(12,869 posts)Iran.
N. Korea.
The domestic Nuclear Power Industry.