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PPL reboots Susquehanna nuclear power plant after radioactive leak
PPL reboots Susquehanna nuclear power plant after radioactive leak
By Sam Kennedy, Of The Morning Call
12:29 p.m. EDT, September 24, 2013
PPL Corp. restarted Unit 2 of the Susquehanna nuclear power plant today, a week after radioactive water was discovered leaking in the Luzerne County facility.
The leak, inside a room in the plant's Unit 2 reactor building, prompted an "unusual event" declaration. An unusual event is the first of the four emergency classifications established by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for nuclear power plants...
By Sam Kennedy, Of The Morning Call
12:29 p.m. EDT, September 24, 2013
PPL Corp. restarted Unit 2 of the Susquehanna nuclear power plant today, a week after radioactive water was discovered leaking in the Luzerne County facility.
The leak, inside a room in the plant's Unit 2 reactor building, prompted an "unusual event" declaration. An unusual event is the first of the four emergency classifications established by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for nuclear power plants...
Read more: http://www.mcall.com/business/mc-ppl-restarts-reactor-20130924,0,3687410.story#ixzz2fqwUbkOa
The reactor was shut down to repair a turbine with broken blades when the leak was discovered.