MIAMI (Reuters) - Florida's main electricity company offered a $100,000 reward on Friday for information about who might have -- inadvertently or deliberately -- drilled a hole in a pipe at one of its nuclear power plants.
Workers at Florida Power & Light Co., a unit of FPL Group Inc., found the tiny hole in part of the Turkey Point power plant's pressurized cooling system on March 31 after doing pre-startup tests on the Unit Three reactor, which had been shut down for routine maintenance. The FBI, which is investigating the incident, said in a statement that "at no time was the public's safety at risk" from the hole, which measured 3/16th of an inch. An FPL spokeswoman said the reactor at Turkey Point, south of Miami, would never have been started up with a hole in the pipe and that particular pipe was also in an area that could be isolated from the rest of the system. She said the offer of a sizable reward did not mean the company had decided sabotage was the likely cause and had ruled out an honest mistake by contract workers hired for the monthlong maintenance. Many of the contract workers had since left Florida and might be unaware of the investigation into the hole, she said. "This way they will certainly hear about it," she -- MC http://mascarenhascastro.multiply.com Brasileiro é que nem pneu: quanto mais trabalha, mais liso fica... _______________________________________________________ Yahoo! doce lar. Faça do Yahoo! sua homepage. http://br.yahoo.com/homepageset.html --- Não leve nada pro lado pessoal. Apenas divirta-se. Comentários: www.yahoogroups.com/group/goldenlist-L/messages Newsletter: www.yahoogroups.com/group/goldenlist/messages Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goldenlist-L/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
