Thursday, February 2, 2012

Nuclear reactor remains offline due to equipment problem

Wednesday, February 2, 2012 - A nuclear reactor at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station remained off-line today for the second consecutive day due to an equipment problem that sent a small, non-hazardous amount of radioactive gas into an auxiliary building and possibly into the atmosphere, authorities said. The leak in a steam-generator tube in Unit 3 at the power plant just north of Camp Pendleton was detected about 6 p.m. Tuesday, according to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. An alarm alerted station personnel to the presence of radioactivity in the ancillary structure, and they immediately began shutting down the reactor, NRC spokesman Victor Dricks said.

http://www.lajollalight.com/2012/02/02/san-onofre-nuclear-reactor-remains-offline-due-to-equipment-problem/

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