Flood Risk
Duke Energy has noted that a failure of the Jocassee dam could flood the plant and cause the loss of power and safety equipment, potentially damaging its three reactor cores within 8 to 9 hours. It could further lead to reactor containment failure within 59 to 68 hours, triggering a significant release of radioactivity into the environment. Duke informed the NRC about this flooding hazard as early as January 1996. Duke Energy estimated the probability of a random failure of Jocassee Dam is 1.3(10-5)/year, while the NRC puts the estimate at 2.8(10-4)/year.
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