‘Unusual’ wear on new tubes carrying radioactive water at Calif. nuclear plant raises concern

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/industries/unusual-wear-on-new-tubes-carrying-radioactive-water-at-calif-nuclear-plant-raises-concern/2012/02/03/gIQALyNLmQ_story.html

By Associated Press, Published: February 3

LOS ANGELES — The integrity of some equipment installed in 2009 at Southern California’s San Onofre Unit 2 nuclear plant is drawing concern after unusual wear was found on hundreds of tubes that carry radioactive water.

Thursday’s disclosure came two days after a tube leak at the plant’s other unit prompted operators to shut down the reactor as a precaution. A tiny amount of radiation could have escaped, but officials say workers and the public were not endangered.