A safety battery cell at a Michigan nuclear plant died the way a car battery dies in a winter parking lot, one lump of paste inside shorted it to the plate next door, and the flaw had sat quiet inside the sealed box for more than ten years before a test caught it

1.0Autonotionhttps://www.autonocion.com/usLuis Reyeshttps://www.autonocion.com/us/author/luisreyes/A safety battery cell at a Michigan nuclear plant died the way a car battery dies in a winter parking lot, one lump of paste inside shorted it to the plate next door, and the flaw had sat quiet inside the sealed box for more than ten years before a test caught itrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="feuf0CZ34n"><a href="https://www.autonocion.com/us/battery-cell-nuclear-plant-paste-lump/">A safety battery cell at a Michigan nuclear plant died the way a car battery dies in a winter parking lot, one lump of paste inside shorted it to the plate next door, and the flaw had sat quiet inside the sealed box for more than ten years before a test caught it</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.autonocion.com/us/battery-cell-nuclear-plant-paste-lump/embed/#?secret=feuf0CZ34n" width="600" height="338" title="“A safety battery cell at a Michigan nuclear plant died the way a car battery dies in a winter parking lot, one lump of paste inside shorted it to the plate next door, and the flaw had sat quiet inside the sealed box for more than ten years before a test caught it” — Autonotion" data-secret="feuf0CZ34n" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.autonocion.com/us/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.autonocion.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cook-Nuclear-Plant-Michigan-768x432.jpg600338