The WaterKeeper Alliance says a picture taken Tuesday clearly shows the H.F. Lee dam… more
PETER HARRISON, WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE
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A 50-foot breach in the cooling-pond dam at Duke Energy’s H.F. Lee plant was visible at least a day before it was discovered, an environmental group says, despite Duke’s assertion that an aerial inspection hours before the discovery showed the dam was intact.
It is the latest failure for Duke (NYSE:DUK) at the Lee plant near Goldsboro that raises questions about safety at the plant in the face of unprecedented floods caused by Hurricane Matthew.
Duke did not discover the breach on its own, but was informed about it by a Raleigh news organization.
And to add to Duke’s embarrassment, Duke admitted Friday that some undetermined amount of coal ash washed out of Lee’s inactive coal ash ponds.
It is the latest failure for Duke (NYSE:DUK) at the Lee plant near Goldsboro that raises questions about safety at the plant in the face of unprecedented floods caused by Hurricane Matthew.
Duke did not discover the breach on its own, but was informed about it by a Raleigh news organization.
And to add to Duke’s embarrassment, Duke admitted Friday that some undetermined amount of coal ash washed out of Lee’s inactive coal ash pond
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