Brilliant planning. Releasing it into the same water source they collect
it from. Sounds like the classic "dig your well below your cesspool"
stupidity. You know, I really wonder how mankind has lasted so damn long
on this planet. Pass out the Darwin award for this one!!
D.
On 15/08/2012 10:32 AM, D & N wrote:
The unusually warm July in the US may force revised planning for
future nuke plant locations. I had no idea that ocean water could get
up to 75 degrees in the Connecticut area.
*Natalia*
http://www.sunjournal.com/news/new-england/2012/08/13/warm-seawater-forces-conn-nuclear-plant-shutdown/1236248
Monday, August 13, 2012 at 1:13 pm
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) --- Connecticut's nuclear power plant shut down
one of two units on Sunday because seawater used to cool down the
plant is too warm.
Steve Miller
FILE - This March 18, 2003 aerial file photo shows the Millstone
nuclear power facility in Waterford, Conn. Federal energy regulators
said Monday, Aug. 13, 2012 that the nuclear power plant shut down one
of two units Sunday because water from Long Island Sound used to
operate the plant is too hot following the hottest July on record. (AP
Photo/Steve Miller, File)
Unit 2 of Millstone Power Station has occasionally shut for
maintenance or other issues, but in its 37-year history it has never
gone down due to excessively warm water, spokesman Ken Holt said on
Monday.
Water from Long Island Sound is used to cool key components of the
plant and is discharged back into the sound. The water may not be
warmer than 75 degrees and following the hottest July on record has
been averaging 1.7 degrees above the limit, the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission said.
The federal agency issued an "emergency license amendment" last week,
allowing Millstone, a subsidiary of Dominion Resources Inc., to use an
average temperature of several readings.
"It wasn't enough to prevent us from shutting down," Holt said.
Richmond, Va.-based Dominion does not have an estimate of when the
unit will restart, Holt said.
Millstone provides half of all power used in Connecticut and 12
percent in New England. Its two units produce 2,100 megawatts of
electricity, which is reduced by 40 percent with Unit 2 down, Holt said.
Marcia Blomberg, a spokeswoman for regional grid operator ISO-New
England, said the loss of electricity will not be a major problem. The
Holyoke, Mass.-based agency generally operates with a margin of
reserve and plans for the possibility of lost resources, she said.
"Generators are big machines," she said. "It happens frequently that
resources are unable to start up or have to power down."
In addition to the extreme heat last month, the mild winter didn't
help because it kept Long Island Sound water unusually mild, Holt said.
Neil Sheehan, a spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said
Millstone can do little to correct the problem. Cooling millions of
gallons of water before circulating it in the plant is not an option,
he said.
"Just hope for a cooling," he said.
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