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bluecoat_fan

(262 posts) Sat Mar 17, 2012, 10:42 AM Mar 2012

Safety worries shut down San Onofre nuclear plant

Los Angeles -- A nuclear reactor on the Southern California coast will remain shut down indefinitely while a team of federal inspectors determines why several relatively new tubes became so frail that tests found they could rupture and release radioactive water, a federal official said Thursday.

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Safety worries shut down San Onofre nuclear plant (Original Post) bluecoat_fan Mar 2012 OP

Oh just great. Hatchling Mar 2012 #1

Hatchling

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1. Oh just great.

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Sat Mar 17, 2012, 02:02 PM

Mar 2012

According to the article, both Units 2 and 3 both had those tubes installed. They shut down #3 due to a radioactive steam reelase due to these deffective tubes, fortunately Unit 2 was already shut down for maintenance.

So it appears we don't need an earthquake or a tsunami to cause problems, all we need is a contractor who supplies defective materials! Although a strong earthquake in this area is a definate probability.

Oh and unit one was already decomissoned, dismantled and encased in concrete and steel.

What do you wanna bet, SDG&E will use this as an excuse to raise rates?

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