Pennsylvania nuclear plants prepare for possible flooding, Platts, September 8, 2011:
Nuclear power plants in Pennsylvania are preparing to cope with flooding, but none has declared a state of emergency, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesman Neil Sheehan said Thursday.
All the Pennsylvania nuclear plants that could potentially be affected by flooding are in close communication with NRC, and with state and local officials, and the agency has resident inspectors at each plant who are monitoring the situation, Sheehan said. [...]
Three Mile Island-1, located along the Susquehanna River, 10 miles southeast of Harrisburg, PA
- Plant began its abnormal operating procedure for river flooding early Wednesday
- River is expected to crest Thursday at about 297 feet above sea level
- If river reaches 300 feet above sea level, then plant would have to declare an unusual event
- If river reaches 302 feet above sea level, plant would need to shut and an alert
Peach Bottom, 18 miles south of Lancaster, PA
- The Conowingo Pond is expected to crest at 109 feet above sea level
- Reactors required to be shut down if the pond reaches 111 feet above sea level
Susquehanna-1 and -2 units, about 70 miles northeast of Harrisburg, PA
- The plant entered its abnormal operating procedure for flooding earlier Thursday
- Susquehanna River is cresting at 39 feet above river level
- “The biggest impact on the plant” might be on its water intakes
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It’s not unusual for the plants to have to prepare for flooding.
As long as they can keep the core cool and the spent fuel cool, then flooding is not really a threat to a nuke plant.
Yeah it might damage some stuff, but it does not destroy the plant, or cause radiation releases.
James2 as long as you dont say radiation is good for you ill not insult your pro nuclear education. many more will do their releases of radioactive anger
Please educate me on my pro nuclear education – I hadn’t realized I had one.
Weather news…Evacuations
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44436279/ns/weather/'%20rel='nofollow?ocid=ansmsnbc11
the NPP workers get to go fishing from the cooling towers since the plants are safely in shutdown mode.
I recommend catch and release but since the new guidelines state that radiation is nutritious
bon appetit.
Does anyone else see a pattern developing, like, I don’t know, maybe someone is trying to tell us something about the whole nuke thingy? Can planets talk?
WTF is going on in 2011, apocalypse at the ready? Seriously, what is going on that we are having all these incidents? Or is it that we are simply more on top of these types of events that they are getting reported and, in fact, these types of events are actually quite common with nuclear plants?
Hi kintaman, yep, incidents more often….and with all the relicensing, even more often in the near future…
On weather radar, here in southern MI, we are getting weather blown us from the east. Yesterday, the A.M. 12 hour average was 39CPM.
After a rain yesterday, down spout reading was 46.4CPM.
This A.M.- 38.35CPM.
Do any readers in Pennsylvania know if there is any kind of organized movement to oppose the re-licensure of the Limerick nuclear power plant? They just applied for re-licensure this summer, but that plant is considered the 3rd most vulnerable to earthquakes of all the reactors in the country. I wish we could stop this license renewal from happening.
“Limerick nuclear plant among most susceptible to quake”
http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2011/03/17/limerick-nuclear-plant-among-most.html
“Limerick nuclear power station close to securing another 20 years of business”
http://www.dailylocal.com/articles/2011/08/15/news/doc4e4985c259fc0641437298.txt