NRC to utilities, Westinghouse: Check nuclear plants for fuel overheating
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22 Feb 2012
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says it’s concerned that 11 reactors could become too hot in accident situations because some older nuclear fuel from Westinghouse Electric may not adequately conduct heat.
The commission on Friday asked companies including Duke Energy, Exelon, Dominion Resources, FirstEnergy, and American Electric Power to analyze their plants’ performance under conditions that could halt the normal cooling of reactors.
The NRC needs more information from the plants “to maintain that they can continue to operate safely,” Eric Leeds, director of the agency’s Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, said in a statement.
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