JENKINSVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Federal officials have issued a warning about a substantial safety violation at a South Carolina nuclear plant after cracks were...
Small cracks have been found a half-dozen times in the past 20 years in pipes that carry fuel to emergency generators that provide cooling water for a reactor if electricity fails at the V.C. Summer plant near Columbia, according to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
The 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. During a 24-hour test of the system in November, a small diesel fuel leak grew larger, according to NRC records.Virginia-based Dominion hasn't been the only owner of the plant. SCANA built and started the plant in 1984. The South Carolina company had plans to build two more reactors, but billions of dollars of cost overruns forced it toLongtime nuclear safety advocate Tom Clements told the newspaper the pipe problems should mean a lot more scrutiny by regulators.
I was all set for my trip, or so I thought. That's when my friend told me to always keep a bread clip when traveling. The reason is quite clever. A video shows the Israeli Navy blasting Hamas motorboats as they raced toward the coast, killing dozens, says the IDF
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