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Good lord this is hopeless with some here.

Doesn’t everyone here have a basic understanding of electrical power generation and distribution?

WTF, it’s not a “turbine” problem.

When an Nuclear EMP or Solar CME EMF pulse occurs, the subsequent electron wave is absorbed by MILES of power distribution lines and overloads any components attached to those electrical lines.

One of the most vulnerable critical infrastructure components are the relatively few high value large EHV transformers used for our high voltage power grid high tension power lines.

An EMP overload can burn out the windings of a transformer and make it completely inoperable.

Large EHV Transformers are made to order and can take two years just to manufacture one.

Many are manufacturered aboard, China, Portugal and Brazil, for instance where iron, and manufacturing expertise is realitively inexpensive.

Utility companies do not stock sufficient quantities of spares due to expense and custom configuration of EHV transformers.
That’s the crux issue.

Cripes, READ!

https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/Large%20Power%20Transformer%20Study%20-%20June%202012_0.pdf

Electromagnetic Pulse: Effects on the U.S. Power Grid
https://www.ferc.gov/industries/electric/indus-act/reliability/cybersecurity/ferc_executive_summary.pdf
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The nation’s power grid is vulnerable to the effects of an electromagnetic pulse ... the risk of catastrophic damage to EHV transformers and can lead to long-term ...

EMP effect on electrical transformers | Peak Energy & Resources ...
www.energyskeptic.com/2013/emp-effect-on-transformers/
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Aug 2, 2013 ... According to a January 2009 press release from Metatech, Inc., 300 Extra High Voltage (EHV) transformers in the U.S. would be at risk of ...

EPRI Research Finds Little Impact to Transformers from EMP ...
https://www.tdworld.com/distribution/epri-research-finds-limited-impact-transformers-e3-electromagnetic-pulse
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A new Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) report finds that a limited ... EPRI Research Finds Limited Impact to Transformers from E3 Electromagnetic Pulse.

EPRI Research Finds Limited Impact to Transformers from E3 ...
https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/02/21/925846/10166280/en/EPRI-Research-Finds-Limited-Impact-to-Transformers-from-E3-Electromagnetic-Pulse.html
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Feb 21, 2017 ... 21, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A new Electric Power Research ... Finds Limited Impact to Transformers from E3 Electromagnetic Pulse ...

An EMP Mitigation Perspective: Systems and Components
https://cigre-usnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/RamirezOrquin.pdf
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Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) and High Power Microwave (HPM) Devices: ... nuclear weapons for HEMP impact ... including Extra-High Voltage transformers.

Impacts of a Nominal Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse on Electric ...
www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a237104.pdf
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potential impacts of EMP on the nation’s electric energy supply [4-12]. The concern ...... that shielded cables be used in substations, particularly in EHV ( extra-.

GAO-18-67, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION ...
https://www.gao.gov/assets/690/689921.pdf
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Feb 7, 2018 ... told GAO that information on HEMP effects is limited in that suppliers lack key .... U.S. Department of Energy Electromagnetic Pulse ...... domestically; domestic production of extra high-voltage power transformers (with a.