[NTegraT]

Re: the So. TX Nuclear Plant. I was looking at Google Earth and notice the huge reservoir just south of the plant. There's a large damn encircling the reservoir and the water level is about 69' but the land on the the southeast corner is from 4-10' and it would definitely be in line with a storm surge. If that damn is breached and the reservoir is drained, what effect does that have on operations and will it have to shut down. 28°48'N 96°02'W

[umbagi]

If that damn is breached and the reservoir is drained, what effect does that have on operations and will it have to shut down.

It's more hole than dam, but if that can/does happen, they wouldn't be able to operate for long, altbough they'd have time to shut down without "China Syndrome" worries. That "cooling pond" is STNPs equivalent of the big cooling towers other plants have.

That's about 98% WAG on my part, though--it's been a long time since I knew...