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Oconee Nuclear Station

Radioactive leak found in reactor at S. Carolina nuclear plant, one of largest in US
General News 11/12/2013 at 01:24:34
By RT TV

A reactor at one of the nation's largest nuclear power plants has been taken offline due to a radioactive leak within a containment building.

"Out of an abundance of caution," service was temporarily removed from Unit 1 at the Oconee Nuclear Station in western South Carolina early Monday, according to ONS spokeswoman B.J. Gatten.

A robot was used to confirm the leak over the weekend after it was first suspected Friday night inside Unit 1's containment facility, Gatten said.

Less than one tenth of a gallon of radioactive material is leaking per minute, though it is not yet known how long the leak has existed, she said, according to WYFF.