Oil leak found at nuclear plant

SENECA — A reactor at a nuclear plant in northwestern South Carolina is operating at reduced power as workers repair on oil leak in a transformer outside the structure.

Duke Energy spokeswoman Sandra Magee told The Greenville News the reactor at the Oconee Nuclear Station was reduced to operating at less than a quarter of normal power Tuesday to fix a transformer outside the reactor.

Magee says there is no danger to employees or the public. She did not know when the reactor will be brought back to full power.

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