Duke Energy, NRC probe missed crack at nuke plant

[bananas]

Source: Charlotte Business Journal

Neither Duke Energy Progress nor the Nuclear Regulatory Commission can explain how operators at the Shearon Harris nuclear plant missed signs of a small vessel-head crack during testing a year ago.

But both intend to find out how that happened.

The federal agency will send a special inspection team to the plant this week to look for answers. And a Duke Energy Corp. executive says the company has commissioned three independent industry groups to review what occurred and determine what can be done differently to make sure such data is properly reviewed in the future.

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Read more: http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/duke-energy-nrc-probe-missed-crack-at.html

[1ProudAtheist]

1. Damn...........

I worked there during a refueling in the early 1990s. Been all over and around that unit. This is some scary shit.

[KoKo]

2. It's a BIG DEAL..why this got no acton after first report. Why did they wait?

[brooklynite]

3. I had dinner with the head of Duke Energy...

...big supporter of the Democratic Convention.

[marions ghost]

4. They support Dem and Repub ...depending on benefits to Duke

"Rogers has maintained Duke’s financial support was for the good of a city making its star turn before an international audience, and so good for Duke. He has said the company would have also supported a Republican convention."

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/03/01/3885178/duke-energy-wont-be-repaid-from.html#storylink=cpy