Nuclear plant unit could be down for extended time
From the Scranton Times-Tribune:
Flooding forced PPL to shut down Unit 1 of the Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant late Friday afternoon.
An estimated 1 million gallons of Susquehanna river water flowed from an 8-foot-diameter pipe heading to the condenser room - where steam leaving the turbine is cooled - and damaged equipment in the basement of the plant's turbine building.
As a result, the plant could be shut down for a long period.
"We don't have an estimate," PPL spokesman Joe Scopelliti said. "There is no timeline."
Patrick Finney, the plant's senior Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspector, doesn't think the plant will be online any time soon, though.
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