'Degradation' identified at Westinghouse Columbia fuel plant

摘要

Workers conducting uranium cleanout operations at Westinghouse'srnfuel fabrication plant in Columbia, South Carolina, identifiedrn"degradation" in a filter system, the company said October 5 in anrnevent report update to NRC.rnOn October 4, "while performing housekeeping and cleanoutrnactivities" on out-of-service ductwork for part of the plant's filtrationrnsystem, "degradation was discovered in an area not routinely or readilyrnaccessed in the bottom of the out of service filter house system,"rnWestinghouse said in the report.