Minor Leak Shuts Down Unit 1 at Susquehanna Nuclear Plant

Minor Leak Shuts Down Unit 1 at Susquehanna Nuclear Plant

by Nuclear Street News Team

Operators took a reactor at Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna nuclear plant offline Tuesday to fix a small coolant leak.

In a report to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the plant described leakage into the drywell as being caused by a leak at a “welded joint on the 'A' reactor recirculation piping where a 4 inch blank-flanged pipe for chemical decontamination connects to the 28 inch pipe.”