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Radioactive Leak at California Nuclear Power Plant

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The Los Angeles Times reported yesterday:

Officials at the San Onofre nuclear power plant shut
down one of the facility’s two units Tuesday evening after a sensor
detected a possible leak in a steam generator tube.

The Orange County Register pointed out:

After an unplanned, precautionary shutdown of a reactor at the San Onofre nuclear plant Tuesday,
a plant spokesman said Wednesday that a possible leak in one of the
reactor’s steam generator tubes could have resulted in a tiny release
of radioactive material into the atmosphere.

AP notes today:

A tiny amount of radiation could have escaped into the
atmosphere from a Southern California nuclear power plant after a water
leak prompted operators to shut down the reactor as a precaution,
officials said Wednesday.


Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesman Victor Dricks said radioactive gas “could have” escaped the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station on the northern San Diego coast....

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