Allegan County —
The Entergy-owned facility was removed from service June 12 when daily leakage of water from the tank exceeded the 31-gallon administrative limit. Plant staff had been monitoring and collecting the leaked water since April 28, according to Mark Savage, spokesman for the South Haven-area plant.
The plant will gradually increase to full power operation over the next several days.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission monitored the repair work.
On June 26, after initial repairs were made, the tank was partially refilled, but the operation was stopped when leaks appeared again. The tank was emptied and new repairs were made.
Water from the tank is used to enable the transfer of fuel from the reactor to the spent fuel pool during refueling outages. The water is also an additional source of cooling water that can be used in an emergency. The 50-by-35 foot aluminum tank holds up to 300,000 gallons of water.
In today's world various types of storages are available for different products and for different purpose like in nuclear plant tanks are kept to store water. Ziploc bags are available to store food. And now Student Storage Solutions has also opened specially for students to store their belongings like paper, books etc.
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