Now we hear that there are more cracks in Florida's Crystal River Nuclear Plant

[kristopher]

Talk about crumbling infrastructure. If you are a ratepayer or resident of Florida, you have my sympathy.

New crack at Crystal River nuclear plant casts doubt on repair plan
Sunday, November 20, 2011

...On Aug. 8, Progress gave an update on the situation at Crystal River to Florida's Public Service Commission, which is reviewing how much, if any, of the charges related to the repair can be passed on to customers.

Progress made no mention of a possible third crack.

Yet, on the same day, Progress filed its annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In that report, the utility said "additional cracking or delaminations may have occurred or could occur during the repair process."

Staff of the Public Service Commission did not hear about the third crack until Oct. 18, when a Progress engineer, John Holliday, made passing reference to it in a deposition. He was asked about his role in the Crystal River repair after the first crack shut down the plant in 2009...

http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/energy/article1202505.ece


This is a real saga that has been ongoing for years now,,,

See also:
http://www.tampabay.com/news/half-inch-crack-found-inside-containment-wall-while-crystal-river-nuclear/1052137
http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/energy/article1200172.ece
http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/energy/article1177763.ece
http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/columns/nuclear-nightmare-on-the-customers-dime/1201009
http://www.tampabay.com/news/article1200304.ece

[BlueToTheBone]

1. Another reason to know I'm happy

I don't live in Florida.

[ensho]

2. they also have the problem of the Gulf waters getting hotter and

hotter in the summer, meaning that their cooling water intake pipe has to be extended more out to the cooler water