The media wouldn't be trying to scare everyone into a anti-nuclear fervor over something relatively minor would they? Would they have written the same headline over a story about a gas plant transformer catching fire? Or a hydroelectric plant? Or any component of a wind turbine?
ping for future.
The MSM do that? No way. They are honest brokers of the truth. N O T !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In other words, it had nothing to do with the reactor in any way; but we needed a "scare headline."
Well, this is the fifth time in fifteen months that Indian Point 2 had to be shut down for unscheduled reasons, and the second time in a week. Last week it was a cracked fuel rod.
Oh, and I'm very pro-nuke. The headline "Nuclear Plant Stable After Explosion"
is certainly a bit hyperbolic and misleading. Had it said "fire in transformer yard at nuke plant", I wouldn't have expelled enough energy to yawn, let alone read the article.
Modern transformers explode in flames mainly because the non-flammable oils (PCBs) were outlawed even with not a single report of a proved cancer case related to the oil itself.
Transformers are sealed cans with massive coils of wire about an armature immersed in oil for its cooling effect.
Excess current will cause a fault, a sudden rise in temperature and pressure and a rupture of the case; with the PCB oil the oil would harmlessly leak out and down the sides of the can but with the reversion to mineral oils, the superheated oil bursts into flame on contact with the oxygen-laden outside air and there is your explosion and fire.
I rag on the French as much as any Freeper, but the one thing they do right is Nuclear Power.
Misleading headline journalism at its finest. Somebody should call up the reporter and say “your daughter dyed .... wool in school today”.
“Women and Children most effected!
When the reporters interviewed President Bush, he admitted that it was his fault, although Brownie was not in the immediate radioactive fallout zone.
Henry Waxman, and NY Senators Chucky Schmucky Schumer, and Her Thighness Hellary, to call for congressional investigations!”
Well, the real nightmare
is if even a little
radiation leaks
it'll be so hard
on the poor dogs and kitties
already weakened
by their exposure
to all the poisoned pet food
they got from China . . .
Alternate title:
Transformer fire requires additional paperwork for plant
The doorknob to the janitorial closet in the guard shack malfunctioned when the key broke off in the lock. There was no discernible release of radiation. No injuries have been reported. Investigation is ongoing.