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San Onofre nuclear power plant shut throughout the summer

San Onofre nuclear plant out of service for the summer, LA Times, June 7, 2012 The top official at Edison International said Thursday that the troubled San Onofre nuclear plant will remain out of service through the summer.

The plant has been shuttered since Jan. 31 while officials probe the extent and cause of unusual wear on tubes that carry radioactive water in the plant’s newly replaced steam generators.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has ordered the plant to stay
offline until Edison can identify the exact cause of the wear and how
to fix it.

Ted Craver, chief executive officer of Edison, the parent company of
plant operator Southern California Edison, said as the process stands,
the earliest that the Unit 2 reactor could restart would be the end of
summer, and Unit 3 may take longer. Most of the troubling wear was
found in Unit 3.

June 8, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, USA