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TVA’s Browns Ferry nuclear reactors has safety issues

TVA’s Browns Ferry reactor needs ‘highest level of attention,’ NRC says, September 07, 2011,  ByBudd McLaughlin, The Huntsville Times,  HUNTSVILLE, Alabama –– The Unit 1 reactor at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant is among two reactors in the country that require the “highest level of attention” from regulators, according to a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission assessment.

The agency said Tuesday it’s giving Browns Ferry supplemental inspection because of a problem that was discovered with a valve on a cooling system last fall. The increased oversight will include reviews of a number of issues at the Tennessee Valley Authority-operated plant, including its safety culture.

Omaha (Neb.) Public Power’s Fort Calhoun reactor is the other among 104 U.S. reactors, that needs additional inspections to ensure that safety concerns are met, the NRC said in a statement…..

September 8, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA