Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire: SCE lays SONGS closure blame on MHI

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Jul 18, 2013

Southern California Edison (SCE) served a formal notice of dispute to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), claiming the company's design and manufacturing of the replacement steam generators led to the shut down of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), according to Electric Light & Power/POWERGRID International.
Although Mitsubishi warranted the generators would operate reliably for 20 years, SCE was required to take SONGS offline in January 2012 when one of the Mitsubishi RSGs experienced a radioactive coolant leak after less than a year of operation. Although its contract with SCE required Mitsubishi to repair the generators “with due diligence and dispatch,” SCE’s notice of dispute alleges that Mitsubishi failed to do so.

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