Dive Summary:
- Duke Energy can restart its 930-megawatt Harris nuclear plant near Raleigh, North Carolina after having repaired a problem with a metal nozzle on the reactor, federal regulators said Tuesday.
- The Charlotte-based Duke shut down the Shearon Harris plant after finding evidence of corrosion in a nozzle leading to the plant’s reactor vessel.
- Neither Duke nor the Nuclear Regulatory Commission found evidence of actual leakage. Duke said the plant will resume generating electricity very soon.
From the article:
“Duke Energy took over the Harris plant after it acquired Raleigh-based Progress Energy Inc. last year, which made it the country's largest electric company.”