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May well be the case that the original fault is born by Westinghouse, but the responsibility for managing that over the decades lies with Vattenfall.  Particularly known faults.

replacement parts are part of the normal operating budget, unless you're bound by, say, maximizing profit.  in this instance failure endangers the entire society.  we see the same story with older plants over and over, and there's always a management failure attached.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Sat Jul 11th, 2009 at 10:45:15 AM EST
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Control rods do not last for decades but for 5 years IIRC. These showed cracks after a much shorter time, and hence they were replaced. I don't see any shadow fall on Vattenfall.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Sat Jul 11th, 2009 at 11:47:27 AM EST
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