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New damage at Progress Energy’s nuclear plant in Florida

Progress Fla. nuclear restart delayed indefinitely | Reuters, 5 April 11, – New damage discovered last month at Progress Energy Inc’s troubled Crystal River nuclear plant in Florida will keep the unit shut indefinitely, the company told state and federal regulators on Monday……

Indications of a new gap in the containment building wall found in March forced Progress to suspend work to tighten the tendons, one of the the final tasks needed to before testing to end an 18-month outage.

The plant shut in September 2009 and its restart has now been delayed four times.….Progress Fla. nuclear restart delayed indefinitely | Reuters

April 5, 2011 - Posted by | safety, USA

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