MATCOR’s SPL Linear Anode Proves Ideal for Retrofit Project

Arkema is a world class producer of industrial chemicals, but its King of Prussia, PA Research and Development facility looks more like a college campus building than your typical industrial facility.  And yet, like any industrial facility, the site has buried utility piping that is subject to external corrosion.   When the facility experienced steam [...]

Coal scrubbers are corroding

Ohio pollution controls are showing wear after as little as a year. Coal-fired power plants across the country are being checked for corrosion problems on billions of dollars’ worth of equipment that is supposed to cut air pollution. And the results from three power companies in Ohio show that the  scrubbers are corroding at a [...]

75 percent of US nuclear sites have corrosion issues — leaking tritium

BRACEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – Radioactive tritium has leaked from three-quarters of U.S. commercial nuclear power sites, often into groundwater from corroded, buried piping, an Associated Press investigation shows. The number and severity of the leaks has been escalating, even as federal regulators extend the licenses of more and more reactors across the nation. Tritium, which is [...]

Could rupture of aging pipeline ignite nuclear plant’s control room

At the Indian Point nuclear power plant just north of New York City, anxieties often center on the potential consequences of a radiation release so close to so many people. More than 17 million, five percent of the U.S. population, live within 50 miles of the two reactors, which could make evacuation problematic. Risks cited [...]

Enbridge Gas offers reassurances about pipeline going in

Enbridge Gas Distribution made a presentation to King council Monday about a 16-inch gas pipeline that’s being built along Lloydtown/Aurora Road. Ritch Murray, engineering project manager of Enbridge Gas Distribution was at Monday’s council meeting, trying to set people’s minds at ease. “Enbridge is committed to safety to the public, customers and the environment,” Murray [...]

Cathodic Protection – An Essential Requirement for Power Plant Asset Management

Recently, MATCOR’s Ted Huck visited a power plant built in the 1970’s. Huck commented, “I was pleased to find out that there was a coating and cathodic protection (CP) system protecting the plant’s gas pipeline.” He continued, “I was dismayed to find out that no commissioning report was available, and the plant’s maintenance files lacked [...]