Federal officials have issued a warning about a substantial safety violation at a South Carolina nuclear plant after cracks were discovered again in an emergency fuel line. The State newspaper reports that small cracks have been found a half-dozen times in the past 20 years in pipes that carry diesel fuel to emergency generators that provide cooling water to the nuclear reactor if electricity fails at the V.C. Summer plant near Columbia. The agency issued what it calls a preliminary “yellow” war
FILE - The working nuclear reactor is seen at V.C. Summer Nuclear Station, April 9, 2012, in Jenkinsville, S.C. On Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a yellow warning against the plant and owner Dominion Energy after finding a cracked pipe in a emergency generator fuel line a half-dozen times in the past 20 years. FILE - The working nuclear reactor is seen at V.C. Summer Nuclear Station, April 9, 2012, in Jenkinsville, S.C. On Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, the U.S.
It is the second most serious category and only seven similar warnings have been issued across the country since 2009, nuclear power expert David Lochbaum toldIowa Democrats plan January caucus with delayed results to comply with new party primary calendarThe commission’s ruling is not final and Dominion will have a chance to explain what happened, utility spokesman Darryl Huger told the paper in an email.
A crack first appeared on a diesel fuel pipe in 2003, and similar pipes have had other cracks since then.
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