Limerick Patch: 'Unusual Event' At Exelon Nuclear Station

Limerick Patch earlier today a press release from a nuclear generating station official detailing an incident at the facility:

The following is a release from Limerick Generating Station Site Communications Manager Joe Szafran:

Operators at Limerick Generating Station declared an “Unusual Event” at 11:35 a.m. following a non-radiological, industrial chemical release in a building separate from the plant’s nuclear operations. The event was terminated at 2:44 p.m.

During a regularly scheduled delivery of sodium hypochlorite to the plant’s water-treatment facility, a hose disconnected from the storage tank, resulting in the chemical spill of less than one gallon. The release was immediately stopped and contained.

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