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Investigation of cooling system flaw at Browns Ferry nuclear plant

Nuclear regulators probe fault at Alabama reactor |  Reuters Apr 4, 2011 Browns Ferry plant has same design as Japan’s Fukushima* Regulators issue apparent violation order over failure By Matthew BiggATLANTA, Tennessee Valley Authority officials met nuclear regulators on Monday to explain the failure last year of a key valve used to operate a reactor cooling system at a nuclear plant in Alabama.

Word of the malfunction, which occurred last October at the Browns Ferry plant in northern Alabama, comes amid public demand for reassurance over the safety of U.S. nuclear reactors after an earthquake and tsunami last month caused a crisis at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant.

Browns Ferry and the crippled Fukushima plant both have Mark 1 boiling water reactors made by General Electric ……Nuclear regulators probe fault at Alabama reactor | Energy & Oil | Reuters

April 5, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA