The article reports:
To the dismay of Monroe-area resident Michael J. Keegan, a longtime activist associated with the activist group Don’t Waste Michigan, the NRC has again allowed DTE to postpone some of the work planned for the submerged portion of Fermi 2’s pressure suppression chamber, also referred to as the torus.
The utility came to an agreement with the NRC to fix degraded coating there, a situation that has lingered for 31 years. It was first identified in 1989, the NRC has said.
One of the concerns is that loose paint chips in drains could make it difficult for vital reactor coolant pumps to move water in the event of an emergency.
The NRC told DTE it will grant the utility’s request to remove only coatings found to be degraded through inspections.
“If degraded coating is found, they will remove it prior to returning the reactor to operation after the spring 2020 outage,” Ms. Mitlyng said.
Fermi 2, one of Michigan’s largest employers, is about 30 miles south of Detroit, which is now one of America’s hot spots for the coronavirus pandemic.
Of course, if such torus inspections are deferred, under cover of the coronavirus pandemic, as NRC is wont to rubberstamp, then no degraded coating will be found, nor will it be removed.