Jed, you got this wrong. The power outage was caused by a fault at a
substation, which disturbed the network and pieces of it disconnected to
prevent damage to eqluipment. The nuclear plant connected to the grid was
also vulnerable, so it disonnected and shut down it reactor for safety. The
nuclear plant *did not cause the shutdown*.
The power grid is a huge amount of alternating current surging back and
forth. Every connected generator has to operate in synchrony or risk
spectacular destruction. Thus disconect or die. This is inherent in the
system and is carefully managed. Someday there may be coordinated
distributed generators, but that is decades away.
Mike Carrell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jed Rothwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 6:21 PM
Subject: [Vo]:Nuke causes massive power outage
This is unusual. These things are highly reliable.
Nuclear Plant Shutdown Causes Massive Florida Power Outages
February 26, 2008: 05:23 PM EST
MIAMI (AP)--A problem with the electrical grid in Florida caused power
outages stretching from Miami up almost to Jacksonville that affected as
many as 3 million people Tuesday and caused a nuclear plant to
automatically shut down, officials with the state's largest utility said.
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