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Inspection gear installed in San Onofre nuke plant

By AP  | February 07, 2012

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — Workers have installed inspection equipment inside a reactor at the San Onofre nuclear power plant to help find a leak.

U-T San Diego (http://bit.ly/xW4ePg ) says the reactor cooled down enough on Monday for the equipment to be installed.

Unit 3 of the San Diego County plant was taken offline a week ago after a leak was detected in a tube that carries radioactive water in a steam generator.

Owner Southern California Edison says a tiny amount of radiation could have escaped into the atmosphere but no one was endangered.

The utility also has found unusual, premature wear found on hundreds of similar tubes in a twin reactor called Unit 2. That reactor is still in service while the tubes are plugged.

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Information from: U-T San Diego, http://www.utsandiego.com

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