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Saturday, July 14, 2012

San Onofre News Update 7/14


San Onfore nuclear plant operator says some tube wear not unusual
89.3 KPCC
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 have kept the San ...»

89.3 KPCC
SoCal Edison Releases San Onofre Tube Wear Data
HispanicBusiness.com
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.

Bradenton Herald
Southern California Edison Releases Data On Faulty Steam Generators At San ...
Kbps
San Onofre was shut down in January after the discovery of a break in a tube that carries radioactive water. Edison has repaired 1317 tubes. The company now says that only 387 of the repaired or plugged tubes showed wear of more than 35 percent, which ...

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Local Lecture Addresses Nuclear Costs
San Diego Reader (blog)
“For San Onofre, [the original cost estimate] was under $180 million dollars. But it was $4.7 billion dollars when finished,” Becker said. She also pointed out that the cost of new seismic studies needed due to the discovery of earthquake faults near ...

New details about problems at San Onofre nuclear power plant

Los Angeles Times -
Data released by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission and a leaked analysis by Southern California Edison provide some new insights into the situation at the San Onofre nuclear plant. The plant has been shuttered since Jan. 31, when a small leak in one ...

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 - ‎Jul 13, 2012‎
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 - ‎Jul 12, 2012‎
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. 

NRC releases report on tube wear at California nuclear power plant

Power Engineering Magazine - ‎Jul 12, 2012‎
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 ...
 

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