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Too many nuclear plant safety fixes for Duke Energy to keep up with
Duke juggles nuclear plant safety fixes
Company says Oconee safe, delays $400M project
Jul. 27, 2013
Written by
Eric Connor
Staff Writer
Duke Energy is delaying plans to install safety valves at the Oconee Nuclear Station’s three reactors as the company is pressed by federal regulators to meet several missed deadlines on competing multimillion-dollar projects meant to protect against natural disasters.
The company insists the 40-year-old plant, 40 miles from Greenville, is safe in the meantime with other precautions it has taken. Nuclear watchdogs say the delay is another example of an industry slow to confront the high-stakes challenges of atomic energy.
In a letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the company said that it would have to put off until 2020 installing safety valves that regulate the release of steam in the case of an accident.
The company had said it could begin installation this year for the $400 million project initiated in response to regulators’ demands years ago for better protection against tornadoes...
Company says Oconee safe, delays $400M project
Jul. 27, 2013
Written by
Eric Connor
Staff Writer
Duke Energy is delaying plans to install safety valves at the Oconee Nuclear Station’s three reactors as the company is pressed by federal regulators to meet several missed deadlines on competing multimillion-dollar projects meant to protect against natural disasters.
The company insists the 40-year-old plant, 40 miles from Greenville, is safe in the meantime with other precautions it has taken. Nuclear watchdogs say the delay is another example of an industry slow to confront the high-stakes challenges of atomic energy.
In a letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the company said that it would have to put off until 2020 installing safety valves that regulate the release of steam in the case of an accident.
The company had said it could begin installation this year for the $400 million project initiated in response to regulators’ demands years ago for better protection against tornadoes...
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20130728/NEWS/307280022/Duke-juggles-nuclear-plant-safety-fixes?gcheck=1
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