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Crack Found in NE Ohio Nuclear Plant

Sunday, 16 February 2014

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Gap found during inspection
OAK HARBOR, Ohio — Workers at a nuclear plant along Lake Erie found a gap within the concrete of a protective wall while the plant was shut down to replace two steam generators, its operator said.
Officials at the Davis-Besse nuclear plant near Toledo described the gap as an air pocket and said they don’t believe it affected the structural integrity of the shield wall.
A spokeswoman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said that it’s too early to determine whether the gap found Thursday posed a problem.
A FirstEnergy spokesperson said the 6 to 12 inches wide gap runs along the length of a 25-foot cut made in 2011 when a new reactor head was brought into the plant.
FirstEnergy will eventually seal the structure again once its new steam generators are installed.
The agency plans to send more inspectors to the plant operated by Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp.

 

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