NRC sends special inspection to Dresden after a corroded battery link breaks
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A corroded connection on a backup battery that supports safe-shutdown equipment snapped during maintenance at Constellation's Dresden station, and routine checks hadn't caught it. Station batteries are a latent fault that only shows up when called on, so risk managers should ask how DC systems are inspected, not just whether they are.