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Breaking News: State Called to Fermi II Plant (coolant leak, plant shut down)
WXYZ.com ^
| 01/24/2005
| WXYZ Action News Team
Posted on 01/24/2005 3:28:48 PM PST by kenth
State, Wayne, and Monroe officials were called to the Fermi II nuclear plant in Monroe early Monday evening to investigate what they would only call a "situation".
Authorities told Action News just after 6:00 that they were responding to some kind of situation within the plant.
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: dearborn; detroit; fermiii; fermiiiplant; lakeerie; michigan; nuclearplant; reactor; situation
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To: TomGuy
State and county safety officials were called to the Fermi II nuclear plant in Monroe early Monday evening to investigate a coolant leak situation.
Water pump leak; they'll never buy another cheap re-build from Manny, Moe and jack again ...
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posted on
01/24/2005 3:45:08 PM PST
by
_Jim
(uote> <--- Ann C. and Rush L. speak on gutless Liberals (RealAudio files))
To: kenth
Oops, that's just a few miles from me! Hope all is well. My husband has TV on Gunsmoke.
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posted on
01/24/2005 3:45:10 PM PST
by
queenkathy
(Had a BALL meeting as many of you as I could.)
To: Cornpone
Dearborn has the largest Muslim community in US I believe.
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posted on
01/24/2005 3:46:19 PM PST
by
queenkathy
(Had a BALL meeting as many of you as I could.)
To: kenth
Weird coincidence at Fermilab research facility reported by Chicago newspaper today. While the post is about the nuke it seems, it is strange that the similarly-named lab would have news today also. SCADA?
Fermilab re-opening to the general public
As of today, January 24, 2005, visitors again will be able to drop in on Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. --snip--
"There are no weapons programs or highly sensitive research programs at Fermilab that would make the facility stand out for a high-profile terrorist attack, he said. But caution is still justified: "We are a government laboratory, and any government institution could be a target."
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posted on
01/24/2005 3:47:03 PM PST
by
LurkedLongEnough
(I'm not willing to leave the realm of anonymity. -Disturbed)
To: bonfire
Perry Power plant east of Cleveland had a "Situation" a few weeks ago too. Been offline since. Oh????
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posted on
01/24/2005 3:48:03 PM PST
by
null and void
(Let there be dancing in the streets, drinking in the saloons and necking in the park!)
To: jimbo123
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says there is no immediate threat to the public.
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posted on
01/24/2005 3:48:32 PM PST
by
LurkedLongEnough
(I'm not willing to leave the realm of anonymity. -Disturbed)
To: LurkedLongEnough
SCADA?
Got an itch?
What's that powder called that Paul Harvey pitches?
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posted on
01/24/2005 3:48:57 PM PST
by
_Jim
(uote> <--- Ann C. and Rush L. speak on gutless Liberals (RealAudio files))
To: aculeus; dighton; martin_fierro; Tijeras_Slim; Constitution Day; Lijahsbubbe; general_re
State, Wayne, and Monroe officials were called to the Fermi II nuclear plant... Ruh roh.
To: GRRRRR
I'm in metro detroit...which way is the wind blowing...
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posted on
01/24/2005 3:49:12 PM PST
by
Taffini
(I like Tony Soprano even though he is a fat boy.)
To: LurkedLongEnough
Get some Gold Bond for that SCADA problem pronto ...
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posted on
01/24/2005 3:50:22 PM PST
by
_Jim
(uote> <--- Ann C. and Rush L. speak on gutless Liberals (RealAudio files))
To: queenkathy
Dearborn has the largest Muslim community in US I believe.True...and I'm in the middle of the second largest. My antenna are always up.
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posted on
01/24/2005 3:50:42 PM PST
by
Cornpone
(Aging Warrior -- Aim High -- Hit'em in the Head)
To: All
Fermi's had troubles before. I don't think any Islamic Cult crap has anything to do with this.
Monroe is closer to Toledo than Dearborn/Detroit anyway.
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posted on
01/24/2005 3:53:23 PM PST
by
Dan from Michigan
("We clearly screwed up on the communications," Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick - after caught in a lie.)
To: kenth
"Look! It's George Bush's fault!"
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posted on
01/24/2005 3:53:24 PM PST
by
lunarville
(memo to Dan...don't let the door hit you on the way out....)
To: Taffini
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posted on
01/24/2005 3:53:45 PM PST
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!!)
To: LurkedLongEnough
Nukes have so many redundant safety devices, it's incredible. I don't know if you can tour them anymore after 9/11, but every precaution is taken with about four redundant systems in case one fails.
We have to quit being terrorized by a cheesy Hollywood movie.
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posted on
01/24/2005 3:54:52 PM PST
by
Dog Gone
To: quark
"
Small coolant fluid leak, no immediate danger, plant shut down, no evacuations." That's nice to know. As long as there were no Tabasco-sized eplosions from the toilets, everything is nice.
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posted on
01/24/2005 3:56:25 PM PST
by
BobS
To: Dog Gone
Everyone remain calm
To: Sacajaweau
Could be, I suppose. I've relocated to Seneca Co. recently.
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posted on
01/24/2005 4:00:06 PM PST
by
ez
(Let the tolerant tolerate my intolerance!)
To: Dan from Michigan
Fermi's had troubles before. I don't think any Islamic Cult crap has anything to do with this.
Breakdown due to thermal cycling or vibration fatigue aren't uncommon in facilities that run 24/7 and pump large volumes of water (or any substance for that matter!)
There is an 'element' here that will instantly conclude, though, that any fatigue-induced failure just has to be terrorist-caused, never mind that we had lots of similar failures YEARS before any terrorists conceived of causing us harm (if the physical laws of nature have not been repealed, we can expect these kinds of glitches from time to time).
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posted on
01/24/2005 4:00:51 PM PST
by
_Jim
(uote> <--- Ann C. and Rush L. speak on gutless Liberals (RealAudio files))
To: _Jim
Chinese food syndrome -- A couple of hours after your reactor's coolant leaks it wants another.
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posted on
01/24/2005 4:03:48 PM PST
by
Ruddles
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