Junk Plant June 2012 Announcement of Special Unit Investigation

NRC special unit launches investigation into potential wrongdoing at Palisades nuclear plant related to leaking tank

By Fritz Klug | fklug@mlive.com

on June 27, 2012 at 6:35 PM, updated June 27, 2012 at 8:58 PM
 COVERT, MI — A special unit of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is investigating whether there was any wrongdoing related to how Entergy Energy handled a leaking cooling tank at the Palisades nuclear power plant.
 The investigation was launched Tuesday by the NRC's Office of Investigations, according to NRC spokeswoman Viktoria Mitlyng. Entergy shut Palisades down two weeks ago after a leak in a cooling tank surpassed a minimum level of 31 gallons a day. Mitlyng said Wednesday that the NRC cannot disclose details of the investigation because it is ongoing. Entergy spokesman Mark Savage would not comment on the investigation. Instead of looking for performance deficiencies at the

Why is the normal inspectors only relegated to only performance issues?  

plant as is typical of NRC investigations, the Office of Investigations looks at whether there was any "potential wrongdoing" in how the company handled a situation and the its participation in an inspection…

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