Posted on 04/04/2013 3:12:05 PM PDT by higgmeister
An explosion has been reported at Georgia Power Plant Bowen. Injuries have been reported via scanner traffic, number and extent are unknown. The source of the explosion is believed to be a turbine within the powerhouse.
Read more: The Daily Tribune News - Explosion reported at Plant Bowen
Then the main commonality is the Turbine area having an accident, which is the same area an accident happened in Arkansas on Sunday. A couple of days in between we had a power switch arcing at a third power plant. Sure hope they are not targeting our power generation capabilities.
There is approximately 50 lb of pure hydrogen in the generator to cool it.
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Thanks for this info. Do you mean 50 lb of hydrogen or 50 psi of hydrogen?
Does anyone have an opinion on possible contributing personnel issues, subcontractors potentially not aware of processes, procedures or pratfalls or old-timers retiring to deplete the knowledge base?
Maybe someone tried to deep-fry a frozen cow
right next to the tower?
Cow nothing, maybe a mature Sperm Whale!
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Mature Sperm Whale nothing, maybe .....
Planned and routine, or unplanned and diagnostic
Herculean Turducken?
Sort of. Think “Let’s Move”.
another bmark
50-55 lb/PSI. 60 is ideal. 99.99% pure. You use an oil seal to keep the Hydrogen in the generator.
Back in the early ‘90’s I worked an “Outage” at Oconee Nuclear as a Powerhouse Mechanic with a subcontractor. They ran us through two weeks of classes before we began the job.
This WAS nuclear, of course, was was probably far more stringent. However, back in 2009, I worked as a fiber optic engineer on a rebuilding project at a refinery in Beaumont TX after one of the hurricanes. Again, we all went through a very thorough class schedule, fully documented with permanent certification badges.
*** A couple of days in between we had a power switch arcing at a third power plant.***
Probably a cheap FEDERAL PACIFIC brand breaker. Replace with TOSHIBA.
As for what happened at the nuke Plant at Russellville, it appears they were attempting to place the stator on a railroad car in the crane bay and the crane failed.
From the looks of it it was not a standard crane that goes across the turbine floor, but a special mobile crane for extremely heavy loads.
Read a report where they stated power failed to the crane. Obviously a make shift crane might be more affected by loss of power under load then a permanently mounted crane on rails.
I've been inside those type natural draft water cooling towers. It is hard to imagine anything in there being the source of the explosion.
The hot water is sprayed in about 1/3 of the way up from the bottom. The spray continues down across a multitude of plates, dishes and other material designed to give the splashing water a convoluted path falling back to the bottom.
The splashing, spraying water warms the air, giving up heat from the water. The natural rising of the heated air draws in more air from the open bottom. The curving shape creates a speed up to the rising air drawing in air faster and giving more cooling.
In short, that is a big open concrete tube with a bunch of sprinklers in the bottom third. There is no containment vessel or sources of ignition inside it. There is one heck of a draft and an incredible amount of "fog".
That picture doesn't look like a stain to me, it looks like a place where water is seeping out from the inside spray.
Here are PHOTOS of what happened in Russellville! It appears to be a MAINTAINANCE accident, not a nuke accident.
http://www.rivervalleyleader.com/collection_7d164e5c-9bbf-11e2-8a18-0019bb30f31a.html
Click on the photos and go through them.
Bipolar: Wonder if U NO HU worked there or is he still planting cucumbers at Tucker?
He doesn’t get out until 7-17-2017 barring any other factors.
Thank you for the clarification. I love this stuff.
Ahh. Water saturating right through the thin concrete. Interesting theory. Looks a little dark for that, but maybe. I saw pictures of the other cooling towers, and it looks like they can exhibit very dark streaks if it's been raining.
I didn't know that they actually fill up any of the interior volume of the tower with the evaporator material and spray heads; I thought they were all arranged around the outside perimeter of the tower, at ground level. Thanks for the information.
Someone told me (long ago) that the concrete at the narrowest part of the tower is only two inches thick or so. It's easy to see vertical rebar in the damaged tower.
Yeah. Embarrassing. A career-ender for someone, I'm guessing.
Wonder if U NO HU worked there or is he still planting cucumbers at Tucker?
Who you talkin' about? Some Arkansas inside skinny? Some techie-dishey?
Pardon sir,
Did you really just say Herculean Turducken?
LOL!
That “stain” is water, plain and simple. I have lived by the plant my whole life, and been there many times. Whenever it rains the water stains the side like that. The last report that I saw and the guys that I know that work at the plant said it was turbine #2. In regards to what someone said about nuclear power, this is a coal plant (the largest in the country and second in the Western Hemisphere). Only a few minor wounds, most were treated on site. A lot of emergency crews were dispatched from neighboring counties but only remained for an hour or two. A lot of people are being kept on site though (the restaurant I work at sent food) and I herd reports of a few stranded on various floors, but I’m not sure.
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