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Va. Nuclear Reactor Shuts Down
Houston Chronicle ^ | Oct 8, 2006 | AP

Posted on 10/09/2006 9:52:33 AM PDT by thackney

SURRY, Va. — One of two nuclear reactors at Surry Power Station remained shut down Sunday after two electrical transformers that provide backup power to the plant quit working.

Unit Two was shut down around 6 p.m. Saturday after steam blew out some sheet metal, which landed on a power line that serves one of the backup transformers, said Richard Zher, a spokesman for Dominion Resources Inc., the Richmond-based power company that owns the plant. Officials weren't sure what caused the second transformer to shut down, Zher said.

That first reserve electrical transformer was repaired, and Dominion was working on the second, Zher said Sunday. A third transformer was not affected.

Backup diesel generators kicked in when the two transformers shut down, Zher said.

Zher said Dominion was investigating what caused steam to blow out the siding in a building where cold water is turned into steam, which powers a turbine that creates electricity through a generator.

"Once we have made that determination and resolved any problems, we will restart" the reactor, Zher said.

The plant issued an alert, as required by federal guidelines, he said.

"No one was injured and it didn't cause any threat to public health or safety," Zher said.

Surry's two nuclear units at Surry each produce 799 megawatts of electricity and provide 15 percent of the electricity in Dominion's service area.

Dominion, headquartered in Richmond, is one of the nation's largest producers of energy.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: energy; nuclear
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1 posted on 10/09/2006 9:52:34 AM PDT by thackney
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To: thackney
Weird. I wonder if it has anything do do with this?
2 posted on 10/09/2006 9:55:38 AM PDT by LIConFem (Just opened a new seafood restaurant in Great Britain, called "Squid Pro Quid")
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To: LIConFem
do do = to do

*sigh*
3 posted on 10/09/2006 9:56:27 AM PDT by LIConFem (Just opened a new seafood restaurant in Great Britain, called "Squid Pro Quid")
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To: thackney

Nukes are no good, they require 100 percent backup.


4 posted on 10/09/2006 9:56:33 AM PDT by DungeonMaster (Man defiles a rock when he chips it with a tool. Ex 20:25)
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To: LIConFem
I doubt it. But the two of them were unusual enough for me to post them both
5 posted on 10/09/2006 9:58:12 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: LIConFem

I say that as well. Two different plants with reactors shut down near the same time.

Seems... odd.


6 posted on 10/09/2006 9:58:45 AM PDT by trashcanbred (Anti-social and anti-socialist)
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To: DungeonMaster
Nukes are no good, they require 100 percent backup.

That's why the United States Navy should have been running the civilian nuclear power generation industry from the very beginning. The Navy has made mistakes like any entity, but their record on nuclear safety I would stack up against anyone else's on the planet.

Even the late USS Scorpion (SSN-589), still resting on the seafloor today after being lost with all hands in 1968, has yet to leak any radiation whatsoever.

That in itself, is impressive.
7 posted on 10/09/2006 10:00:57 AM PDT by mkjessup (The Shah doesn't look so bad now, eh? But nooo, Jimmah said the Ayatollah was a 'godly' man.)
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To: LIConFem
Could just as easily been to with do do!

Transformers of that size do not usually just "quit working".The more normal state would be loud noises and fireworks.

8 posted on 10/09/2006 10:01:54 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Never corner anything meaner than you. NSDQ)
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To: thackney
Sounds similar to what happened at the Shearon Harris plant a few weeks ago...

WRAL News

9 posted on 10/09/2006 10:01:56 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: mkjessup
Mostly thanks to the most uncompromising Admiral to every run a project.
10 posted on 10/09/2006 10:03:12 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Never corner anything meaner than you. NSDQ)
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To: thackney

It's good to see the safety measures in place are working as designed.


11 posted on 10/09/2006 10:04:21 AM PDT by Toby06
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B-I-L works at Surry. Have to shoot him and e-amil to see what's happening.


12 posted on 10/09/2006 10:04:42 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (Don't you think it's interesting how death and destruction seems to happen wherever Muslims gather?)
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"Have to shoot him and e-amil "



No, don't shoot both him and e-amil. That would be overkill, I think. In fact, don't shoot either of them, please.


13 posted on 10/09/2006 10:09:24 AM PDT by MineralMan (Non-evangelical Atheist)
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To: mkjessup
So, we don't have to worry about a reactor leaking radiation ... just worry about it sinking with all hands?

Sorry, sorry, couldn't resist it ...

14 posted on 10/09/2006 10:44:28 AM PDT by Fatuncle (Of course I'm ignorant. I'm here to learn.)
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To: mkjessup
That's why the United States Navy should have been running the civilian nuclear power generation industry from the very beginning. The Navy has made mistakes like any entity, but their record on nuclear safety I would stack up against anyone else's on the planet.

BS. The only reactor related fatalities we have ever had in the US have been at a Naval reactor facility. And since every thing the Navy does is stamped "secret" and there is zero oversight of the Navy by the NRC, we don't have a clue as to how many mishaps may have occurred while every stubbed toe in a commercial plant is documented in detail and reported by the NRC.

15 posted on 10/09/2006 10:51:52 AM PDT by Ditto
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The nuke plant(s) in Idahoe is run by the Navy? I thought they were DoE.


16 posted on 10/09/2006 10:55:03 AM PDT by ASOC (The phrase "What if" or "If only" are for children.)
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To: Ditto
That's why the United States Navy should have been running the civilian nuclear power generation industry from the very beginning. The Navy has made mistakes like any entity, but their record on nuclear safety I would stack up against anyone else's on the planet.

BS. The only reactor related fatalities we have ever had in the US have been at a Naval reactor facility. And since every thing the Navy does is stamped "secret" and there is zero oversight of the Navy by the NRC, we don't have a clue as to how many mishaps may have occurred while every stubbed toe in a commercial plant is documented in detail and reported by the NRC.

I presume that you are speaking from either actual experience or from personal knowledge?
17 posted on 10/09/2006 10:58:42 AM PDT by mkjessup (The Shah doesn't look so bad now, eh? But nooo, Jimmah said the Ayatollah was a 'godly' man.)
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To: Toby06
I had lot of steam released when a piece of roofing from a project across from our transformer yard took out one of my units at full load at 2AM in the morning, hottest day of the year. REMVEC reserve was 360 MW and we were it.

I believe that Millstone 2 and 3 are PWR's no release.

18 posted on 10/09/2006 10:58:45 AM PDT by Little Bill (A 37%'r, a Red Spot on a Blue State, rats are evil.)
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To: mkjessup
Even the late USS Scorpion (SSN-589), still resting on the seafloor today after being lost with all hands in 1968, has yet to leak any radiation whatsoever.

BTW, you can drop any reactor 3 miles deep in the ocean, and there won't be any "leaks". There is not enough oxygen to cause corrosion.

19 posted on 10/09/2006 11:13:27 AM PDT by Ditto
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To: Ditto

Still waiting to hear if your observations are based on actual experience and/or personal knowledge?


20 posted on 10/09/2006 11:21:26 AM PDT by mkjessup (The Shah doesn't look so bad now, eh? But nooo, Jimmah said the Ayatollah was a 'godly' man.)
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