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Kolesar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 06:45 PM
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Problems at the Davis-Besse nuclear reactor near Toledo are worse than expected--Cle. Plain Dealer
You know, the plant where they submitted fake inspection reports to the NRC.
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As many as 16 critical parts in the Davis-Besse reactor lid are cracked or flawed, and the problem could get worse.

Engineers expect to find additional problems when they conduct a third round of high-tech inspections in the coming weeks.

The cracks can lead to radioactive coolant seeping into reactor lid, corroding it and ultimately leaking into the heavy-walled building containing the reactor. That's what happened to Davis-Besse in 2002.

The reactor has been shut down since Feb. 28 for what owner FirstEnergy Corp. initially thought would be a fairly routine refueling and safety inspection. There is no re-start date at this point because of the time-consuming repairs that have barely begun and the planned additional inspections..

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission dispatched a special inspection team to Davis-Besse weeks ago to keep an eye on the company inspections as well as its repairs. The team is also looking into how the company has operated the plant since federal authorities allowed it to restart in 2004

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The nozzles in the old-but-never-used reactor lid are made of the same nickel-steel alloy that has cracked in numerous reactors across the nation. New reactor lids have nozzles made of a different alloy that is engineered to take the heat stress.

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/04/davis-besse.html
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