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Friday, July 13, 2012

San Onofre Commentary Update

San Onofre nuclear power plant: More dangerous than imagined

RT -
More than six months after regulators ordered an intense probe of a California power plant, authorities say that conditions at the San Onofre nuclear facility are actually much worse than ever thought. “This reveals a far greater problem than has been ...

Southern California Edison Releases Steam Generator Tube Wear Data

MarketWatch (press release) -
ROSEMEAD, Calif., Jul 13, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Southern California Edison (SCE) has released steam generator tube wear data associated with the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Fears over US nuclear plant problem

News24 -
US nuclear regulators published an update on California's San Onofre power plant, sparking an expert warning that the problem is more serious than first thought. (Mary Ann Chastain, AP) An old fashioned story by Mary Louisa Molesworth (1836-1921).

Tube wear detailed at CA nuke plant

San Jose Mercury News -
LOS ANGELES -- Federal regulators Thursday disclosed the most detailed information to date on damage at California's idled San Onofre nuclear power plant, where thousands of tubes that carry radioactive water have eroded at an alarming rate.

US nuclear plant problem worse than thought: report

Sin Chew Jit Poh -
LOS ANGELES, July 12, 2012 (AFP) - US nuclear regulators published an update on California's troubled San Onofre power plant Thursday, sparking an expert warning that the problem is more serious than first thought. A reactor at the nuclear power plant ...

San Onofre Power Plant: Tubes Wore Down Faster Than Expected

Huffington Post -
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD 07/12/12 07:48 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Federal regulators Thursday disclosed the most detailed information to date on damage at California's idled San Onofre nuclear power plant, where scores of tubes that carry radioactive water have ...

Tube wear detailed at California's troubled nuke plant

Salt Lake Tribune -
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD | AP Los Angeles •Federal regulators Thursday disclosed the most detailed information to date on damage at California's idled San Onofre nuclear power plant, where thousands of tubes that carry radioactive water have eroded at an ...

San Onfore nuclear plant operator says some tube wear not unusual

89.3 KPCC -
By Ed Joyce | 1:10pm The operator of the San Onofre nuclear power plant said Friday that some of the steam generator tube wear is not unexpected. Southern California Edison said it has sent federal regulators a report on the tube wear problems which ...

Nuke Plant Workers Ditch 1317 Bum Components

Patch.com -
More than 1300 of the heat transfer tubes inside the plant's four new steam generators are taken out of service. By Adam Townsend Diagram of the steam generators in the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. Technicians at the San Onofre Nuclear ...

Tube Wear At San Onofre Blamed On Settling Of Equipment

KGTV San Diego -
SAN ONOFRE, Calif. -- The unusual wear in the walls of steam generator tubes at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station was primarily caused by settling of support equipment and mostly did not reach a federal safety limit, Southern California Edison ...

At San Onofre, allure of nuclear power endures

U-T San Diego -
The allure of atomic power endures in California 55 years after the nation's first civilian, commercial reactor came online to power a small city in Ventura County. Today, California's growing push to curtail greenhouse-gas emissions and smog are ...

ONOFRE DISCLOSES TUBE WEAR DETAILS

U-T San Diego -
With the outage at the San Onofre nuclear plant approaching the six-month mark, federal safety regulators on Thursday released hundreds of figures on the extent and location of damage to steam generator tubing that protects against radiation releases.

Tube Wear Detailed at Southern California Nuke Plant

KMIR-TV - ‎15 hours ago‎
By George Severson LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal regulators have released the most detailed information to date on damage at California's idled San Onofre nuclear power plant. Records posted Thursday show the extent of wear in 3400 tubes that carry ...

San Onofre's Steam Generators Worse Off Than Other US Nuclear Plants

Kbps -
By Amita Sharma San Onofre's Nuclear Generating Station's new steam generators are the most troublesome in the country and tube damage is more extensive than Southern California Edison has admitted publicly, according to a new report based in part on a ...

NRC releases details of San Onofre tube wear

OCRegister -
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission provided details Thurday of steam-generator tube wear at the San Onofre nuclear plant, where reactors remain offline while operators work on a plan to fix the problems. By PAT BRENNAN / ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER The ...

State May Launch San Onofre Watchdog Panel

Patch.com -
California's attorney general considers an independent oversight committee for the nuclear power plant. Meanwhile, environmental groups continue hammering on safety issues. By Adam Townsend The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.

NRC releases report on tube wear at California nuclear power plant

Power Engineering Magazine -
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on July 12 released detailed information about the worn steam generator tubes at the 2200 MW San Onofre Nuclear Generation Station in California. The NRC said detection of wear in the tubes was found in almost ...

Southern California Edison Releases Steam Generator Tube Wear Data
MarketWatch (press release)
ROSEMEAD, Calif., Jul 13, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Southern California Edison (SCE) has released steam generator tube wear data associated with the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The data ...
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Tube Wear At San Onofre Blamed On Settling Of Equipment
KGTV San Diego
SCE reported to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission last week that most of the wear in the tube wall was less than 20 percent, below the federal threshold of 35 percent. A tube over the limit must be plugged. Most of the wear on the tubes was caused by ...
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US nuclear plant problem worse than thought: report
AFP
A reactor at the nuclear power plant near San Diego was shut down in January after a radiation leak, although the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said there was no danger to the public. Investigations found unexpected erosion on tubes that carry ...
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AFP
Nuke Plant Workers Ditch 1317 Bum Components
Patch.com
Dietrich told Patch after a June Nuclear Regulatory Commission meeting that plant officials hadn't yet made a decision on whether to restart the plant at all. Officials have confirmed that the troubled generating station will be closed at least through ...
 

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