Duke discloses eight more corrugated metal pipes at coal-ash plants

Source: Raleigh News & Observer

Duke Energy has found eight more corrugated metal pipes at its power plants, after telling state regulators that the pipe that collapsed at its Dan River facility in early February was the only one made of the weaker material.

Department of Environment and Natural Resources officials said Wednesday that the utility informed them of the additional pipes on Friday. Previously, Duke Energy had said the 48-inch concrete and corrugated metal pipe that collapsed beneath the Dan River facility’s coal ash pond was the only one.

A second pipe, made out of concrete sections, also ran under the Dan River plant’s pond and was found to be leaking.

The company still contends that those two pipes are the only ones that run under coal ash ponds.

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