DTE's Fermi 2 nuclear power plant shut down after leak detected [View all]

(Detroit Metro Times) DTE Energy shut down its Fermi 2 nuclear plant in Monroe County on Sunday after a leak was detected in the drywell area that surrounds the reactor about 30 miles south of Detroit.

The public is not in danger, and the plant is in “safe, stable condition,” DTE spokesman Stephen R. Tait tells Metro Times.

The plant will remain shut down until repairs are complete.

At 4 p.m. Saturday, a sensor detected the leakage of reactor coolant, according to a notice filed by DTE Energy with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The utility notified NRC at 6:30 p.m. ..............(more)

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