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TVA loses all power transmission lines in Alabama and Mississippi, Browns Ferry Nuclear plant forced into emergency shutdown

I take it they will have plenty of diesel fuel. Sounds similar to Japan without the Tsumani.
1 posted on 04/28/2011 10:16:42 AM PDT by CedarDave
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Don’t worry, I hear homeland security is on the scene and they will take care of everything... lol


2 posted on 04/28/2011 10:20:11 AM PDT by DonaldC (A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
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So what happens when an F5 tornado hits the backup generators?


4 posted on 04/28/2011 10:31:27 AM PDT by FReepaholic (Land of the free my @$$)
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Following last weeks devastating storm from Oklama across the south , with 45 deaths, our POTUS made NO response. He went golfing - and then off to a big campaign fund raiser.

Will he respond this time? - Maybe this = with 300+ and climbing deaths, it will require TWO rounds of golf?

I remember in disasters like this, Bush would be boots on the ground, looking at the damage, listening, comforting and hugging survivors - handing our water.

He CARED about our country and about Americans/

10 posted on 04/28/2011 11:00:30 AM PDT by maine-iac7 ("We stand together or we fall apart" mt)
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The article is not entirely true - there is one 161 kV transmission line in service providing an off-site power source. However, since it is the only source, they’re running 7 of the 8 diesels on site to supply most of the plant’s needs. The 8th diesel was out for maintenance at the time of the tornado outbreak and is expected to be brought on line today. There was a 15 minute period when all off-site sources were out, but one line was restored at that time.

As of this morning, TVA had some 77 major transmission lines out of service, mostly concentrated in Alabama, southern Mississippi, and eastern Tennessee. They estimated the number of customers without power that are supplied by TVA’s distributors to be around 322,000 this AM, based on figures given to TVA by the various power distribution entities in TVA’s territory.


15 posted on 04/28/2011 12:29:55 PM PDT by meyer (We will not sit down and shut up.)
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Dang. That is two US Nuclear Plants losing external power due to Tornado damage in one month. Guess we have to hope no plant takes a direct hit knocking out the generators.


20 posted on 04/28/2011 3:33:11 PM PDT by justa-hairyape
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OH NO! WE ARE GONNA DIE! OMG! IT’S GONNA MELT!

AAAAHHHHHH!

(big freakin’ deal)


60 posted on 04/29/2011 6:55:08 PM PDT by Nik Naym (It's not my fault... I have compulsive smartass disorder.)
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