Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Update on San Onofre for 2012 03 23

Update on San Onofre for 2012 03 23

from Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes by noreply@blogger.com (Dan Yurman)

Tubes found with excessive wear at Unit 2

The Los Angeles Times reported March 22 that excessive wear has been found on 129 tubes in the steam generator for Unit 2 at San Onofre. Previously, the problem of premature wear was limited to Unit 3.  Both steam generators were supplied by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and installed in 2009.