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The storm has been going for a couple of days!
I hope they stocked up on backup batteries!!
Fukishima would have gone down in history as a masterpiece of safe engineering if ONLY THEY HAD MORE THAN 6 HOURS WORTH OF BACKUP BATTERIES!
I have heard that they even sent someone to the store to buy some batteries, but their credit card was refused- that person should be beaten with a stick.
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.
A nuke plant ready to melt down and this guy is worried about lunch?
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.
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.
Yet another example of why we need to adopt Thorium energy asap.
Prayers for those in the Lone Star state.
“Running out of food” ????
LOL, whatever. BS. Power company will chopper in Gordon Ramsey if it will keep that plant safe, dry, and running properly.