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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Fairewinds Update: Steam Generator Failures At San Onofre

UPDATE: March 27th, 2012
REPORT

Steam Generator Failures At San Onofre
The Need For A Thorough Root Cause Analysis Requires No Early Restart
Fairewinds believes that San Onofre made numerous design changes to its steam generator causing rapid degradation and unanticipated shutdown. Fairewinds also believes that the San Onofre steam generator modifications were not a “like-for-like” replacement. The NRC confirmatory action letter issued later the same day has substantiated Fairewinds analysis.
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