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Radioactive Steam Leak Shuts NJ Nuke Plant
1010 WINS ^ | Mar 30, 2005 6:55 am US/Eastern

Posted on 03/30/2005 6:52:42 AM PST by Calpernia

A search for clues in the latest shutdown of the Hope Creek nuclear reactor.

A radioactive steam leak caused the shutdown Sunday night. The plant's operator says the slow leak began in February. That was just weeks after the trouble-plagued plant had been shut for three-and-a-half months because of a bigger leak.

P-S-E-and-G Nuclear said yesterday the problem could be diagnosed and fixed within the next few weeks.

The company also said no radioactivity was released outside the plant and no workers were harmed in either of the steam leaks.

The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission put Hope Creek and two other reactors in Lower Alloways Creek under additional oversight indefinitely, requiring more frequent and more stringent inspections.


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: New Jersey; US: New York
KEYWORDS: energy; hopecreek; leak; loweralloways; newjersey; nj; nuclearplant; nuclearpower; nuclearreactor; pseg; radioactive; shutdown
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1 posted on 03/30/2005 6:52:44 AM PST by Calpernia
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To: KylaStarr; Cindy; StillProud2BeFree; nw_arizona_granny; Velveeta; Dolphy; appalachian_dweller; ...

I haven't heard about this on any news reports, have you?


2 posted on 03/30/2005 6:53:26 AM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Calpernia
Nope. Hadn't heard this either.

They need to fix this problem quickly! IMO, nuclear power is going to be vital in the future. We don't need any more "issues" to deal with.

3 posted on 03/30/2005 6:55:29 AM PST by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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To: clee1

Are the workers at these plants by any chance union?

The US Navy never seems to have problems with their reactors. Even with people like Jimmy Carter in the navy nuclear program there have not been meltdowns and reactor leaks.


4 posted on 03/30/2005 7:01:05 AM PST by boofus
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To: boofus
What you mean is "the U.S. Navy never reports having problems like this". And if the commercial nukes had the luxury of bottomless pockets, they probably wouldn have the problems either.
5 posted on 03/30/2005 7:05:31 AM PST by Lekker 1 ("There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be attainable"- Albert Einstein)
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To: Calpernia

No,but it's not that unusual.


6 posted on 03/30/2005 7:07:07 AM PST by genefromjersey (So much to flame;so little time !)
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To: genefromjersey

I wouldn't know if the situation was usual or not. I am a little surprised that it didn't make the news sound bytes though.


7 posted on 03/30/2005 7:10:21 AM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Calpernia

Where is the Hope Creek nuclear reactor?


8 posted on 03/30/2005 7:32:54 AM PST by ELS
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To: Calpernia
Steam leaks at some of the older plants that have not changed out their steam generators are nothing new in the nuke buisness and most of these plants are currently scheduling them to be replaced to avoid any further situations as this reported incident. Nuke Power is a great tool, this just sounds like a typical tube leak inside the generator which they can plug and return the unit to operation.
9 posted on 03/30/2005 7:38:55 AM PST by cav68
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To: Calpernia

WHOA.....this plant is 10 miles south of me.....cripes!


10 posted on 03/30/2005 7:44:49 AM PST by Dog
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To: ELS

Western Southern New Jersey..... located next to the Delaware Bay.....south of me.


11 posted on 03/30/2005 7:46:16 AM PST by Dog
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To: boofus
The US Navy never seems to have problems with their reactors...

Yeah, that poor sailor impaled by a control rod to the top of that reactor vessel in Idaho must have just slipped and fallen or something...

12 posted on 03/30/2005 9:11:38 AM PST by gridlock (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
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To: Calpernia

Nope, haven't heard a thing.

Are you about ready to move out of NJ, yet? ;-)


13 posted on 03/30/2005 9:14:08 AM PST by Velveeta ("The litmus test is whether or not a person can bring a spoon to their mouth" G. Felos)
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"Nope, haven't heard a thing.
Are you about ready to move out of NJ, yet? ;-)"

Wouldn't mind buying "Oscar 8" in South Dakota. I liked the area while stationed ayt Ellsworth. "Alpha 7" is closer to the highway but easier access to get to Wall Drug.




14 posted on 03/30/2005 9:58:31 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (60 votes and the world changes.)
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To: Velveeta

"Nope, haven't heard a thing.
Are you about ready to move out of NJ, yet? ;-)"

Wouldn't mind buying "Oscar 8" in South Dakota. I liked the area while stationed ayt Ellsworth. "Alpha 7" is closer to the highway but easier access to get to Wall Drug.




15 posted on 03/30/2005 9:58:37 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (60 votes and the world changes.)
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To: Velveeta

"Nope, haven't heard a thing.
Are you about ready to move out of NJ, yet? ;-)"

Wouldn't mind buying "Oscar 8" in South Dakota. I liked the area while stationed ayt Ellsworth. "Alpha 7" is closer to the highway but easier access to get to Wall Drug.




16 posted on 03/30/2005 9:58:41 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (60 votes and the world changes.)
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To: Lekker 1
And if the commercial nukes had the luxury of bottomless pockets,

They did when they were built, the taxpayer (technically called rate payers). Most nukes were built with construction extimates under $1.5 Billion and most ended up costing around $6-7 billion. The rate payers pick up the vast majority of the overage, the shareholders hardly suffered.

17 posted on 03/30/2005 10:02:04 AM PST by Go Gordon
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To: EQAndyBuzz

I must admit to not having a clue what "Oscar 8" or "Alpha 7" are. ??


18 posted on 03/30/2005 10:05:41 AM PST by Velveeta ("The litmus test is whether or not a person can bring a spoon to their mouth" G. Felos)
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To: Go Gordon

I hear ya man. The regulations were heaped upon the Nukes to bring up the cost per kilowatt-hour in line with coal. Unfortunately, the costs kept creeping up. Too cheap t'meter!!!!! (snicker)


19 posted on 03/30/2005 10:12:51 AM PST by Lekker 1 ("There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be attainable"- Albert Einstein)
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To: ELS

Way down in Salem County. I think NJ has 3 nuclear power plants.


20 posted on 03/30/2005 10:15:32 AM PST by Coleus (I support ethical, effective and safe stem cell research and use: adult, umbilical cord, bone marrow)
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