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May 23, 2013

Feds to inspect shuttered North Carolina nuclear plant

RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — Federal regulators are launching a special inspection of a nuclear power plant outside North Carolina's capital city that was forced to shut down last week.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in a news release Wednesday that two specialists will look into the issue, which was uncovered when plant operators at the Duke Energy-owned plant took a second look at year-old data. They want to know why the tiny sign of corrosion and cracking wasn't found earlier.


 
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