Federal officials have issued a warning about a substantial safety violation at a South Carolina nuclear plant after cracks were discovered again in an emergency fuel line
FILE - The working nuclear reactor is seen at V.C. Summer Nuclear Station, April 9, 2012, in Jenkinsville, S.C. On Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a yellow warning against the plant and owner Dominion Energy after finding a cracked pipe in a emergency generator fuel line a half-dozen times in the past 20 years.
It is the second most serious category and only seven similar warnings have been issued across the country since 2009, nuclear power expert David Lochbaum told The State newspaper after reviewing records from federal regulators. A crack first appeared on a diesel fuel pipe in 2003, and similar pipes have had other cracks since then.
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