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Vermont Nuclear Power Plant Leak Prompts Production Decrease

by Tina Kells | January 8, 2009 at 02:04 pm

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A "minor" leak of radioactive water at a Vermont nuclear power plant has led to a 60% decrease in power production. The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant was leaking approximately 60 drops of water per minute which prompted the power production decrease.

Vermont's lone nuclear power plant is cutting the amount of power it generates by 60 percent after finding a leak of mildly radioactive water.
A spokesman for the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant says the system that supplies water for steam generation in the reactor was found Thursday to be leaking 60 drops per minute.

Plant operators began reducing power about 12:10 p.m., and they plan to isolate the 24-inch pipe in order to begin repairing it.

Spokesman Rob Williams says the leak is unrelated to one in a valve gasket that was reported Wednesday.

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Amy Judd

at 17:05 on January 8th, 2009

Good for them for making these changes while they look for a solution to the problem.

Paschen

at 20:16 on January 8th, 2009

I would not worry to much about the production, rather about the leak of Radioactive material. When will we finally learn that this stuff is nasty and should not be used at all? I suppose only once it is way to late for all of us.