Troubled Fort Calhoun nuke plant reaches repair milestone

[Omaha Steve]

Source: OMAHA WORLD HERALD

The troubled Fort Calhoun's nuclear power plant is being heated up to test its pressurized steam pipes for leaks after an outage that dates to April 2011.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokeswoman Lara Uselding told The Associated Press the utility began heating up the water in the Fort Calhoun plant's power-generating system to 515 degrees Tuesday. The plant about 20 miles north of Omaha will remain heated for the next several days, so regulators and the utility can test systems that are used only when the plant is running.

The step is an important milestone in the Omaha Public Power District's efforts to resume generating power at the plant. Fort Calhoun initially shut down for maintenance, but significant flooding, a small fire and a series of safety violations kept it closed.

"The whole purpose of this is to check for leaks and see how the system will perform," Uselding said.

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[RobertEarl]

1. How did we ever survive with it off line?

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I have been told that we can't live without nuke plants.

And that the former prime minister of Japan says we can't live with them.

Who to believe?

I believe we can live without NPP's, and that we can't live with them and the pollution much longer.

It is too bad they don't just close that plant once and for all.