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Exelon Nuclear’s Limerick Generating Station nuclear reactors need system replaced

NRC wants system replaced at Limerick nuclear plant http://www.phoenixvillenews.com/article/20130612/NEWS01/130619977/nrc-wants-system-replaced-at-limerick-nuclear-plant-  By Evan BrandtLIMERICK — In an effort to prevent hydrogen explosions like the one that destroyed parts of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant two years ago, the government is requiring 31 U.S. nuclear plants with a similar reactor design to install an upgraded ventilation system in six years.

The order, issued June 6, applies to GE Mark I and Mark II Boiling Water Reactors. The two nuclear reactors at Exelon Nuclear’s Limerick Generating Station are of the Mark II design.

This new order supersedes   one issued in March 2012   , which also required new venting systems.

June 13, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general