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Nuclear Worker: "Imminent flood coming"...
ENEnews ^ | 8-28-17 3:21 am ET | ENEnews

Posted on 08/28/2017 10:58:49 AM PDT by Mrs.Z

Nuclear Worker: “Imminent flood coming” near nuke plant from Hurricane Harvey… “Potentially catastrophic”… Running out of food… Working tirelessly to manage problems… Area turned “upside down

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: blog; harvey; hurricaneharvey; nuclearplant; nuclearpower; shepsmith
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To: Mrs.Z

NRG Media:

David Knox
NRG Gulf Coast Region,
NRG West Region, Nuclear,
NRG Energy Services, Carbon Capture
Phone: 832-357-5730

CRG, San Antonio Power, says everything is operating normally.
NRG and Austin Power, the other co-owners of the plant, have not replied yet.


41 posted on 08/28/2017 11:34:34 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: Whenifhow; WildHighlander57; LucyT

See Post #35 for Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas for status of ‘pre-Harvey’ preparedness .


42 posted on 08/28/2017 11:37:38 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (The Fourth Estate has become Fifth column !)
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To: VanShuyten

Austin commie silverbacks have had designs on the South TX Nuclear Project (STNP) since the 70s. This is them introducing some Marsha Marsha Marsha into the existing catastrophe. Dan Rather likely at nexus.


43 posted on 08/28/2017 11:39:00 AM PDT by txhurl
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To: Mrs.Z

A nuke plant ready to melt down and this guy is worried about lunch?


44 posted on 08/28/2017 11:42:50 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

Has anyone stopped to think that the Colorado River isn’t in South Texas???


45 posted on 08/28/2017 11:43:08 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: red-dawg

Thanks for the link. They shut the reactor down when the wind hits 73 mph, maintain emergency cooling while the residual heat cooks off, and wait. None of the conditions leading to Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, or Fukushima are present (unexpected loss of cooling to the core, mainly). Plenty of time and resources to stabilize.


46 posted on 08/28/2017 11:45:51 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Rebelbase

I don’t know about their elevation but NRC has a been on a big push since the 90’s to ensure emergency generators are operational.

And one best not be in the room when they fire those baby off! Just the starter motors will make you go deaf.


47 posted on 08/28/2017 11:46:40 AM PDT by shotgun
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To: faucetman

Every active nuke plant I worked on had quite the supply of TV dinners on hand for the workers who get called out or held for overtime work.


48 posted on 08/28/2017 11:47:54 AM PDT by shotgun
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

We have our own Colorado, and it’s critical infrastructure for a LOT of reasons.


49 posted on 08/28/2017 11:49:28 AM PDT by txhurl
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To: Mrs.Z

[ Fukashima again?

That’s what I thought when I saw it. ]

Current nuke plants are poorly designed due to massive government/GE interference inthe 60’s and 70’s.

We would have a better system but GE didn’t want to see it’s fuel pellet re-processing monopoly cut into, so they lobbied the fed/gov to cut off research on safer isotope salt molten reactor designs that were going on at oak ridge in the 60’s and 70’s.


50 posted on 08/28/2017 11:53:43 AM PDT by GraceG ("It's better to have all the Right Enemies, than it is to have all the Wrong Friends.")
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

Well, you done done it now.


51 posted on 08/28/2017 11:58:54 AM PDT by TADSLOS (Reset Underway!)
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To: Mrs.Z

I worked on the South Texas Project. all they’ve got to do is shut the reactor down and seal all the doors. Then wait for water to go down.


52 posted on 08/28/2017 11:59:21 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: dragnet2
A nuke plant ready to melt down and this guy is worried about lunch?


53 posted on 08/28/2017 12:00:52 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: TADSLOS

‘rice farmers’


54 posted on 08/28/2017 12:03:24 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: GraceG
OOOOOH! NOOOooooos!

The Water Is Almost Up To It Already!

Wait a minute.

That's the cooling pond.

55 posted on 08/28/2017 12:07:59 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Mrs.Z

Name of station near Bay City TX is South Texas Project.

No mention of plant issues on NRC web page, they will issue release if operation is impacted.

All nuclear plants underwent post-Fukushima inspections and modifications; while that process isn’t foolproof, flooding hazard and impact on safety-related equipment sure got a more thorough look as possible accident precursor.

Nebraska Ft. Calhoun station stayed sandbagged for almost a whole year a couple years back when the river flooded many feet above plant ground level there. You had to access the plant over scaffold bridges, pics of that nuclear island surrounded by the river appeared even in the failing New York Times. They survived, but they had warning flood was coming. Didn’t hear much about that survival nationally, because the operator made it successful.

BTW, another little known fact is one of the most powerful Cat 5 hurricanes in wind speed to hit the US in recent time, Andrew, made a direct hit on Turkey Point Nuclear plant in Homestead FL. Didn’t make news because the nuclear systems survived just fine. They did lose some non-nuclear equipment not designed as rigorously. Funny that all broadcasts from there back in that day on that flat ground laid bare by the destruction chose NOT to have a TV shot that showed the plant standing in the background.

Hope the Texas boys had enough warning to properly prepare for this one. Boats can get them food, that’s a solvable problem in nuclear terms.


56 posted on 08/28/2017 12:15:52 PM PDT by spiderpig (does whatever a SpiderPig does)
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To: Mr. K

Fukushima Daiichi’s problem was caused by the loss of off site power from the quake coupled with the flooding of the standby generators by the tsunami leaving no power to remove the residual reactor reactor heat causing boiloff and subsequent meltdown. The gensets are there ONLY in the event of loss of off-site power during a reactor shutdown. I have not read one thing indicating a loss of offsite power at the Texas Plant. Offsite power is supplied by very high voltage lines on tall steel towers that can take the flood. The cooling water pond will likely flood causing an extended shutdown and a sloppy mess to clean up, but I see no reason for imminent alarm regarding the integrity of the plant. I pray that I am right. https://www.google.com/maps/place/28%C2%B047’44.0%22N+96%C2%B002’56.0%22W/@28.795556,-96.048889,3438m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d28.795556!4d-96.048889?hl=en


57 posted on 08/28/2017 12:16:38 PM PDT by dkjbama
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To: Scott from the Left Coast
Scott from the Left Coast :" Has anyone stopped to think that the Colorado River isn’t in South Texas??? "

Dont tell the FED.gov that !
Post #17 includes a hotlink to the original article which includes a graph to :
"Colorado River (TX) Near Bay City,( Texas) (BACT2)
" Complete information about the Colorado River (TX) near Bay City available from NWS Houston/Galveston, TX "

58 posted on 08/28/2017 12:19:08 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (The Fourth Estate has become Fifth column !)
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

The other Colorado?


59 posted on 08/28/2017 12:25:28 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Tyranny can hide within decorum.)
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To: Mr. K; Tilted Irish Kilt; Whenifhow; GregNH; LS; 2ndDivisionVet; aragorn; Arthur Wildfire! March; ..

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Article, # 35, # 40.

Thanks, Tilted Irish Kilt.

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60 posted on 08/28/2017 12:50:28 PM PDT by LucyT (* * Jeff Sessions a consistent opponent of DACA Immigrant Program. Why? What is the payoff?* *)
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