NRC: 9 Nukes (Nuclear Plants) Knocked Off Line by Blackout
Thu August 14, 2003 07:20 PM ET
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=3281671 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday said nine nuclear reactors in four U.S. states were shut following a massive blackout that hit the Northeast United States and Canada.
"At this point, we have nine reactors that are offline. And there is no timeline as to when these will return to service," NRC spokesman Scott Burnell said.
Burnell said the reactors are in New York, New Jersey, Ohio and Michigan.
The Michigan one must be Fermi, south of Detroit on the western shore of the state. I did the tour a number of years back.
And there is no timeline as to when these will return to service," NRC spokesman Scott Burnell said.Totally depends on the type of reactor and the safety protocols.
How far they shut down is the critical factor and if they scrammed them it will likely take three days to a week to restart,(after they finish the shutdown) even more time to get to get back on line. Some are even longer than that.
I wonder if they assumed a terrorist attack and invoked a total shutdown. That would explain the grid failure.