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Leak, 2nd partial shutdown raise concerns about quake damage at North Anna nuke plant

Published: January 3rd, 2012 at 2:09 pm ET
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North Anna reactor leak causes partial shutdown, WTOP by Hank Silverberg, Jan. 3, 2012:

  • A spokesman for the Nuclear Regulator Commission says a steam line, which leads to a valve that leads to a reactor turbine, sprung a leak Monday
  • The NRC spokesman says there was no radiation leak
  • It is the second partial shutdown since the August 5.8 magnitude earthquake that knocked both reactors off-line
  • Raised concerns about the plant’s safety
  • NRC spokesman says there’s no evidence right now that this latest incident had anything to do with quake damage
  • During the August earthquake, there was some damage to buildings at the site but no off-site radiation leak

Published: January 3rd, 2012 at 2:09 pm ET
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2 comments to Leak, 2nd partial shutdown raise concerns about quake damage at North Anna nuke plant

  • VicFromOregon VicFromOregon
    January 3, 2012 at 4:51 pm

    As long as your starting point is that the universe is disconnected, it will always be nearly impossible to see the many clues that show how a little vibration over here can create a little leak over there. It must be very sad and a little frightening to go through the world seeing everything disconnected and unrelated to everything else.


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