New reactor head ready for Davis-Besse
Final work on the reactor head was completed in France, including the installation of control rod drive mechanism nozzles made of material less susceptible to cracking under high temperatures and pressures. The head measures nearly 17 feet in diameter, is eight-feet tall and weighs more than 82 tons. A comprehensive pre-service inspection was conducted by FENOC personnel before the head was shipped from Antwerp, Belgium, on November 5.
The new reactor head will be placed in a specially constructed building at Davis-Besse where new control rod drive mechanisms and other components will be fitted before installation takes place in the fall of 2011.
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HONG KONG - Nearly 600 Hong Kong families are still sweltering under the summer heat and facing dark nights without electricity after Typhoon Mangkhut cut off power supply to areas.
At Sheung Shui’s Tin Ping Estate in the New Territories, 384 families were still without power. They were told on Tuesday that a contractor would rectify the situation by Friday, or be fined HK$100,000 for each day of delay.
In remote areas such as outlying islets Kat O and Ap Chau, there were some 200 families still without electricity.
The power outage at Tin Ping Estate affected 16 floors – from the 11th…
