Posted on 01/27/2015 6:21:31 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
PLYMOUTH, Mass. - Officials say a Massachusetts nuclear power plant was forced to shut down during the blizzard but there was no danger to the public.
In a statement, officials at the Pilgrim nuclear power plant in Plymouth said it stopped operating in accordance with procedure after distribution lines that send power from the plant to the electric grid became inoperable because of the weather.
The plant said safety systems worked as designed and there was no threat to plant workers or the public.
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they should also ban coal, firewood, heaters and heating oil while they are at it!
The most recent sighting of these speeding blades, somewhere towards Nova Scotia...
But, at least the solar panels will still be delivering electricity to the power grid. Hopefully, by April, when the snow melts, the sun will be able to reach them once again.
lol
So then, the fact that it is a nuclear power plant is totally irrelevant. It is useless to continue producing electricity at ANY power plant if said electricity cannot be sent to the grid.
This was a distribution system failure, not a nuclear power plant failure.
And those solar panels are doing real well.
If only the grid could be powered by manufactured panic it would have overloaded the past couple days.
“So then, the fact that it is a nuclear power plant is totally irrelevant. “
Not really. Some of us realize that power outtages caused 3 nuclear melt -throughs (Fukushima) leaving the radioactive fuel for those 3 power plants washing into the air, ocean and ground water for the rest of our lives. I know nuclear power is protected by the government and the public doesn’t get much information at all so I think it’s ok to at least put in print that it lost power.
Here's some information: only morons fail to understand there's a difference between "losing power" and shutting down in accordance with established procedures.
Does your car "lose power" when you turn it off in your driveway? Sure it does, but that's a different story than if it should do that while you're on your way to see your psychiatrist.
No, it didn’t “lose” power. It had plenty of power. Just no means to send it anywhere. Business and homes lost power. The plant just shutdown to avoid a buildup of energy it couldn’t send anywhere.
If the Japanese had heeded warnings and not built the plant where they did and also not built a sea wall that was too low in a known tsunami area and had water tanks that used gravity instead of pumps they would not be in the situation they are in now.
Do not know the particulars in this case, will read the NRC bulletin later, but one could assume if the transmission lines sending power out of the plant were inoperable, the ones sending power into the plant could also be inoperable. If that is the case, do not know, then generators and batteries are keeping the plant from melting down right now. Let us hope that is not the case.
News flash. I think the public is entitled to know if it shuts down or loses power. Our taxes, our asset etc. No “need” to shield the public from information re a public utility. This would have been in the news if it was electric plant or solar plant shutting down - yes the public is entitled to information.
During the blizzard, the Massachusetts coast line was being battered with 35 foot seas. Pilgrim is less than 1000 feet from shore. I suspect there are problems we are mot being told.
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