Corrosion is always a top concern for any chemical processing facility, be it the metal alloys that come in direct contact with caustic chemicals or the components that make up the rest of the ...

Fed up with spending substantial resources on the continuous repair of an aging cooling tower, a large North Carolina-based community college recently opted to replace its failing galvanized-metal ...

Factory-assembled cooling towers formed of engineered molded plastics continue to gain favor over galvanized sheet metal models that once dominated the industry. Just as plastics have overtaken metal ...

MONTPELIER The Vermont Yankee nuclear plant is suffering from another problem with its cooling towers, with leaks of more than 60 gallons of water a minute attributed to faulty packing in pipe joints, ...

BRATTLEBORO -- Recent problems with Vermont Yankee's cooling towers "are totally unacceptable," stated Vermont Department of Public Service Commissioner David O'Brien, in a letter to the Nuclear ...

The reactor was at reduced power for 11 days. Sheehan said the NRC would review the state's letter and prepare a response, and he said the NRC could add this week's problems of additional leaks and ...