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Associated Press - June 26, 2009 7:55 AM ET
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) - The owner of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant says technicians have fixed a stubborn leak in a condenser and completed other emergency repairs.
Entergy Nuclear says the repairs mean the reactor is ready to return to full power on Friday.
On Monday, the plant reduced power to 26% so the leak of about 30 gallons of non-radioactive Connecticut River water an hour could be located and fixed.
Plant spokesman Larry Smith tells the Rutland Herald the leak occurred in one of the four water boxes that make up the condenser, which cools the radioactive steam from the reactor.
The condenser is made up of 24,000 tubes.
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