From the start, one question especially has concerned the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Why Crystal River?Read moreWhy did a 42-inch-thick wall at that nuclear plant separate into two layers during a big maintenance project last fall? Other nuclear plants have done similar jobs 26 times around the country, but no one ever saw a crack like Crystal River's — a crack that has kept the plant off-line for 11 months and piled up nearly a quarter of a billion dollars in outage costs.
On Thursday, NRC officials said they think they know the answers to that question and others.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Crack at Crystal River Nuclear Power Plant explained
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