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  • GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy said 35 reactors it built for utilities from New York to Washington may not shut down properly during an earthquake

    http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pitt.../s_759421.html
    Reactors could fail during an earthquake, maker says
    By staff and wire reports
    Friday, September 30, 2011

    GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy said 35 reactors it built for utilities from New York to Washington may not shut down properly during an earthquake. The likelihood of failure is "low," the company said in an advisory to customers on additional actions to take.

    GE Hitachi, which made First Energy Corp.'s Perry, Ohio, plant on Lake Erie, about 120 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, and Exelon Corp.'s Oyster Creek plant in New Jersey, is recommending testing to determine what level of friction would prevent control rods from fully inserting into the reactor core during an earthquake, according to filings with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission....

    Read more: Reactors could fail during an earthquake, maker says - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pitt...#ixzz1ZPdnscq5
    http://www.wtam.com/cc-common/news/s...rticle=9185098
    Thursday, September 29, 2011
    Earthquake centered in Youngstown area
    Second quake this week centered in the Mahoning Valley
    By Tom Moore, Newsradio WTAM 1100



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