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ATHENS, AL (WAFF) -
A cooling tower at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant
sustained exterior damage in a weekend incident.
The damage to the cooling tower did not
affect power output. The tower is half a mile away from the plant
and does not involve any radiation.
TVA will now investigate to determine how the
tower was damaged before repairing the wooden structure, which is one of six in
operation at Browns Ferry.
The wooden cooling tower is used to cool
river water before it is returned to the Tennessee River.
TVA built a seventh cooling tower over the
summer that is made of composite materials.
TVA
spokesman Ray Golden says the utility will issue a statement later in the day
Monday on its website.
Browns Ferry (Source: TVA)
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