NRC Discovers Three Low-Level Violations at Millstone

The power plant has drafted a corrective action plan for all of the violations.

Posted Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 9:40 am ET|Updated Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 10:12 am ET

Written by Jayme Kunze

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission found three low-level violations at Millstone Power Station during its quarterly inspection, The Day reports.

According to The Day, the violations included:

Failing to report quickly enough to the NRC about a broken piece of monitoring equipment on the plant's stacks
Not modifying an equipment installation, allowing a valve to open
Not properly following a procedure to counteract hydrogen gas buildup in Unit 3

The violations have been fixed, and Millstone has written up a corrective action plan for all three issues, The Day reports.

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