Palisades Nuclear Plant Outage Extended for Tank Repairs

Palisades Nuclear Plant Outage Extended for Tank Repairs

The Palisades nuclear plant will stay offline until early summer as crews repair the bottom of a water tank. On May 5, the safety injection refueling water storage tank began leaking at a rate of about 90 gallons per day, exceeding a threshold set earlier by federal regulators. The source of the leak has been identified as a small crack in a nozzle weld at the base of the tank, an Entergy spokeswoman told the Kalamazoo Gazette. Plans call for replacement of the tank's bottom, which will keep the plant out of service for weeks. Read More
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