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.
I haven't heard about this on any news reports, have you?
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.
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.
No,but it's not that unusual.
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.
Where is the Hope Creek nuclear reactor?
WHOA.....this plant is 10 miles south of me.....cripes!
Western Southern New Jersey..... located next to the Delaware Bay.....south of me.
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...
Nope, haven't heard a thing.
Are you about ready to move out of NJ, yet? ;-)
"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.
"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.
"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.
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.
I must admit to not having a clue what "Oscar 8" or "Alpha 7" are. ??
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)
Way down in Salem County. I think NJ has 3 nuclear power plants.
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