The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is reviewing the challenge by the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League that two AP1000 nuclear reactors from Westinghouse Eletric Co. are subject to corrosion. Read more here.
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The Tennessee Transportation Department has found corrosion during an inspection and shut a bridge down. Read more here.
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Like a great deal of the overall United States’ infrastructure, pipelines as far back as the early 20th Century are still in service.
According to federal data, 56% of oil pipelines and 60% of gas transmission lines were laid before 1970.
The Enbridge Energy Partners pipeline that burst near Marshall in July is 41 years old, and its line crossing the Straits of Mackinac was laid in 1954. Some pipelines in the state are older.
Yet oil and gas companies say that age is not the key to whether pipes are safe — it’s maintenance.
Read more here.
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Following suit, India is looking to perform a pan-industry corrosion audit much like the corrosion audit performed in the United States in 2001 by CC Technologies. (see the study here) Read more about the potential legislation here.
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Recent article in the San Francisco Chronicle discusses the possibility of internal corrosion (microbially enhanced corrosion). Read the article here.
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