Reactor Licensing & Regulation

Entergy IDs Degradation Threats to 885 Spent Fuel Panels at Pilgrim

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Entergy has notified the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that 885 spent fuel panels at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant in Massachusetts are susceptible to degradation that could challenge their effectiveness by September 2017.
The panels act as neutron absorbers.…

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