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Grand Gulf Nuclear Station still shut down for special investigation

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station stays closed as feds inspect , The Clarion-Ledger  October 31, 2016 Grand Gulf Nuclear Station has been shut down since Sept. 8 as Entergy makes a “thorough review” of the power plant after several maintenance issues, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is conducting a special inspection after “several recent operational events.”……..

the plant’s current outage is the fifth this year. This includes a planned refueling outage, which happens every 18 months to 24 months, that lasted 38 days starting in February. The plant had an automatic safety shutdown for two days while coming back online after refueling. In June it was shut down for about two days to repair turbine controls, then later that same month was shut down for 25 days for more repairs on turbine controls……..the plant’s current outage is the fifth this year. This includes a planned refueling outage, which happens every 18 months to 24 months, that lasted 38 days starting in February. The plant had an automatic safety shutdown for two days while coming back online after refueling. In June it was shut down for about two days to repair turbine controls, then later that same month was shut down for 25 days for more repairs on turbine controls.

November 4, 2016 - Posted by | safety, USA

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