Junk Condensers At Pilgrim

The question needed to be posed, does Pilgrim have a pastern of problems with their condenser? 

Pilgrim reactor at half power after condenser leak

Posted Feb. 15, 2016 at 6:36 PM 

PLYMOUTH — Operators lowered Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station’s reactor to half power early Monday after discovering a water leak in the main condenser. 

The condenser was taken out of service so workers could make repairs, according to Patrick O’Brien, spokesman for Entergy Corp., owner-operator of the Plymouth plant.

Neil Sheehan, spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said the main condenser holds thousands of tubes through which water from Cape Cod Bay is circulated. 

The circulating ocean water cools the steam coming from the plant’s turbine, returning it to its water state. The ocean water, now about 30 degrees warmer, then returns to the bay. 

“This is a condition that periodically occurs at many power plants, including nuclear and other types,” Sheehan said of the condenser leak. By midmorning Monday, the plant was at 48 percent power. “Plant personnel will make preparations to enter the isolated condenser to identify and plug the leaking tubes.”…

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