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To: justa-hairyape

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.


26 posted on 08/23/2011 5:27:03 PM PDT by freespirited (Stupid people are ruining America. --Herman Cain)
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To: freespirited
Well that would be good news if they did not lose external power, but the company running the plants has stated they did lose external power. Here is an excerpt from the Dominion News release.

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.

Dominion News

27 posted on 08/23/2011 5:36:25 PM PDT by justa-hairyape
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