Posted on 08/23/2011 11:39:17 AM PDT by freespirited
If they shut it down, there goes power to the federal bureaucracy in Northern Virginia. Their beloved solar panels are no replacement.
Yes, in Japan the Tsunami took out the backup generators and made access to the plant very difficult. However, they have been discovering that a lot of damage was done to the plant via the earthquake alone. This quake was about 1,000 times weaker then the Japan quake, but these nuke plants apparently were very close to epicenter.
Just had a thought, what if these plants are still on backup generators when the Hurricane hits ?
An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale just occurred less than a hour ago. It's epicenter was in Mineral, VAapproximately 10 miles from two nuclear power reactors at the North Anna site. According to a representative of Dominion Power, the two reactors were designed to withstand a 5.9-6.1 quake. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) ranked the North Anna Reactors as being 7th in the nation in terms of earthquake risks.
North Anna Nuclear Reactors Designed to Withstand 5.9 - 6.1 Magnitude Earthquake
glad to see this thread... (let’s hope and pray there isn’t a bigger one coming to the area)
Thanks for that. Ordinarily I would ignore the far lefty Marxists of the Institute for Policy Studies. But the paragraph you quote sounds accurate. (Did a fair amount of reading this afternoon.)
The statement that the nukes “lost power” probably is not. The Washington Post, as well as FReepers, say that safety systems kicked in and turned them off. I guess the left has to throw in at one false alarm per post.
Both reactors have been shut down. The emergency diesel generators started as off-site power from the electric grid was lost. No release of radioactive material has occurred beyond those minor releases associated with normal station operations.
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