Alabama nuclear plant cited for safety lapses: Feds issue rare red finding against Browns Ferry nuclear power plant after emergency cooling system fai

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May 10, 2011
Alabama nuclear plant cited for safety lapses
Feds issue rare red finding against Browns Ferry nuclear power plant after emergency cooling system failure

(AP)

ATLANTA - Federal regulators ordered in-depth inspections Tuesday at a nuclear power plant run by the Tennessee Valley Authority in northern Alabama after deciding the failure of an emergency cooling system there could have been a serious safety problem.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a rare red finding against the Browns Ferry nuclear power plant near Athens, Ala., after it investigated how a valve on a residual heat removal system became stuck shut. Safety regulators said only five red findings ? the most severe ranking the agency gives to problems uncovered in its inspections ? have been issued nationwide in the past decade....