Published: April 30th, 2012 at 3:19 pm ET
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Title: ‘Unusual event’ declared at Salem 1 nuclear reactor after plant automatically shuts down
Source: NJ.com
Author: Bill Gallo, Jr.
Date: Apr. 30, 2012 2:12p ET
An “unusual event” was declared at the Salem 1 nuclear reactor here this morning after the plant shut down and fire alarms sounded, a spokesman for the plant’s operator said.An unusual event is the least serious of four emergency classifications at a nuclear power plant.
Salem 1 automatically shut down at 10:15 a.m., according to Joe Delmar, spokesman for the reactor’s operator, PSEG Nuclear.
According to Delmar what caused the reactor to trip remains under investigation, but testing was occurring on the reactor’s emergency cooling system at the time.
After the reactor shutdown, multiple fire alarms sounded, according to Delmar. [...]
The reactor is stable, Delmar said, and there was no release of radiation during the event. [...]
Read the report here
Published: April 30th, 2012 at 3:19 pm ET
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Looks to me as if "unusual event" should really be called "usual event".
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awesome spin Flapdoodle!
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Can't believe this shit, expert's my ars, every week a problem !
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I was just thinking the same thing, Flapdoodle! You beat me to the punchline!
Unusual in their world. Usual in ours!
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@Flapdoodle
April 30, 2012 at 3:24 pm
Right you are. Its an usual event.
1015 AM local time is 1415 UTC and at this time around, there were earthquakes happening; and in the redistribution dynamics of the surges of bending moments of the dams it is conceivable the cooling system was hit at Salem. This probably happens all the time. Its a cooling system now, its an explosion in a coal mine at another, or a nuclear explosion at some other time as happened at Fukushima or a whole lot of damages as in KashiwasakI Kariwa and so on…People must know its Nuclear War thats on and Nuclear Terrorism.Down with modern civilization.
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Eh. 55 miles from here. Wind blowing from that direction.
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Ouch! Do you have a G counter?
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There was no release if nobody saw it; but, if there was a release, I'm sure there was no danger to the public.
Move along here folks, there's nothing here for you to see.
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Well, at least no 'immediate' health threat.
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Don't you just love how these stories always end with, "no release of radiation" or "levels so low they are not of concern" ? Or some other concerning statement.
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Always raises a red flag for me, these days. Like hearing code for "red alert."
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Is anybody here a member of RadiationNetwork.com? If so, can they check the data in the network for New Jersey? I cannot really tell what the readings are for NJ at the moment on their free section of their non-member site.
But things are looking pretty "hot" on both coasts at the moment. Spokane area was showing 60 CPM as well as the monitor which I believe in in Pennsylvania somewhere. The PA one usually is the highest in the nation and typically hovers around 60-65 CPM.
Spokane is usually around 45 or so, so something must be in the air to make it rise to 60, don't you think? (Spokane is near two old uranium mines as I mentioned in my posted last night about the "Corium causing R-222 spikes?" thread. So those could be a likely source of such spikes as well.)
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The spike in Spokane may be related to the arrival of the plume from the Japanese "glue factory" fire/explosion last week. It was reported to have on site hundreds of drums of radioactive waste, which probably burned and went up in the smoke. Canada is getting even more of the plume.
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The clouds did have a strange "fuzzy" appearance here in Seattle yesterday…and my tongue started tingling again (not sure if it was from the air or something I ate, but the tingling is a telltale sign for me that I likely have ingested something "hot." Sad but true…I feel like a darned human geiger counter.
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Check your hairbrush often.
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Where are you getting information on a radiation spike? The press release said the drums with the DU were stored over 500 yards away from the explosion/fire.
A later report (Fukushima Diary or Enformable) showed a picture of the two things — and they did look like they were separated by a considerable distance.
Why are you saying there is a plume?
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The radiation network has no stations reporting from NJ right now. I don't think I've ever seen one there, but I could be wrong.
The nearest one is near/at Philadelphia, and its nearest nuke plant is Limerick. The Philly site is almost always the highest value on the radiation network. I don't know why – it may be a quirk of their GC.
For the last few minutes Philly has bounced around from a high of 73 CPM to a low of about 50. This is not unusual for that station.
Overall, there are 50 stations reporting right now, average value is 26 CPM, which is typical.
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Thanks, Aigeezer. Interestingly, just a bit ago, at about 12 minutes after 5 PST, Kauai was showing a 43, the highest it has been in quite awhile…and then all of a sudden, I got a "this server is unavailable" message, then Kauai was lower again.
Also, Anne won't be surprised to hear I just saw one of the Colorado stations at 73.
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@What-about-the-kids: there is a moderator for the Radiation Network site. An e-mail address is given, so you could write and ask about archived information.
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Or should I say website administrator?
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Just in case -
Location
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_Nuclear_Power_Plant
Wind direction and speed.
http://www.sailflow.com/windandwhere.iws?regionID=106&Isection=Gmap+Obs
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Thanks CB! These links are excellent. I like how you can see the wind direction in real-time. I was able to zoom-in to exactly where the plant's located. From last look, it appears the wind is predominantly moving in a NNW direction from the plant's location.
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And again, another reactors emergency cooling system fails to perform…………..
The other reactors there are equally disfunctional as Salem #2 steam turbine "tripped out" back on the 23rd as well…..
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Southern-NJ-nuclear-plant-goes-back-online-3438313.php
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Stuxnet or cyber attack? Hmmmmmm……
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The thought of stuxnet lying dormant (or is at work already) in several reactors worldwide is horrendous.
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I am a member…. On Kauai, we had a very hot week. I found elevated levels up to three times our normal background (Norm is 30cpm). I had a few minutes of 188cpm last week at my house which runs three 2" geigers 24/7. I have been testing fish for local restaurants purchased in the northern pacific waters and so far VERY clean which surprised me. I also tested a local sushi restaurant's Japanese sushi products…all very clean…again…surprising. Theyw ere lower then our local background. I run 2 Detector models with external probes, and 1 Inspector+. I have been up and running since last April. We were at 40cpm average for most of last year. In the last month we have dropped significantly. MY systems are lead shielded and hooked up to monitors on UPC so they are not affected by spikes, surges or brownouts. I am working on turning a fireproof safe into a lead lined "clean box" to get an even better read. I will go check the country for you. I believe you can buy a cheaper version of Tim's ( radiationnetwork.com) Geiger Graph software and become a member with only the one time charge for the software… no monthly membership. He is always around when I have questions, and is calm and knowledgeable.
I really enjoy all your posts here and use them a lot on my radio show that covers these issues and has for 15 years.
Karlos
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Wow! Welcome, Karlos! What great work you are doing there! Thank you for contributing this information here. I always wondered about who in Hawaii was doing the monitoring, as I noticed a lot of spikes in the Kauai monitor last year, but it seemed to be out of service a lot after that…Was that you? Did you have problems with your unit going down a lot? Just curious.
Anyway, keep up the good work and yes, I think everyone here would love to know if there are any spikes in New Jersey since the "unusual event" today.
Please keep posting here too! We need more people with radiation monitoring experience. (I'm sure you've see the "Post your radiation monitoring" section, yes?)
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If money is a little tight, I'd suggest having your urine tested for radioactivity, rather than purchasing an expensive geiger counter.
If enough people did this and posted the results, a much more accurate picture of our environmental exposure would result.
Any oncologists willing to participate?
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@kauaisoapbox: do you have a streaming feed (on the internet) for your talk-show? I'd love to hear more of your take…
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Welcome kauaisoapbox. Glad you posted.
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Aloha.
Malama pono. Take care, Be careful.
Thanks for the information.
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kauaisoapbox
Excellent work.
One point to consider:
A radiation detector will not detect radiation in food unless it is very highly contaminated.
Analysis of tissue (animal and plant tissue) requires specialized lab equipment.
So, your fish may still be contaminated…
sorry about that…
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Yes, I think Spectrometising, Bobby1, or one of the others here with lots of background (JoyB ?) posted same re: needing a sophisticated device to pick up radiation in food.
And for anyone else with lots of good training in this, sorry if I didn't mention you! Just trying to think of who commented on testing food.
We'd all like to see more testing of food done! 'Problem is most of us can't afford a high-end machine capable of doing the testing.
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Nice.. I'm on the Big Island ..
Glad there are poeple near , who test .. thanks, and keep up the good work !
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Cindy what is your take on BI?
Oahu seems pretty clean air, however worried about sea spray coming in within next 2 to 18 months.
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I used to live Waimea, loved it.
Where do you live?
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Poll: Should San Onofre Power Station Be Shut Down Permanently? – Camp Pendleton, CA Patch http://camppendleton.patch.com/articles/poll-should-san-onofre-power-station-be-shut-down-permanently
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Eastern Seaboard is so nice, but littered with radiation plants, which is so sad.
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OK if you go through the timeline of events at Chernobyl. They were doing a test of back up cooling systems. Several delays and small problems quickly grew into a catastrophic event.
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Hello Everyone,
This is the first time I've ever posted, but I've been here with you guys since the beginning. I consider many of you my friends, though we have never conversed, because we share the knowledge and awareness of Fukushima. There is too much to say and too many people on here to thank, so I will make this short and let you know more about me another time.
I'm posting because I am a New Jersey resident and I have a brand new Inspector+ GC. I will post a current reading soon, but so far I've been getting between 30 and 60 CPM in my house.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed here, you know who you are. Thank you Admin, I greatly appreciate your work.
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new jersey would be a great addition to atlantic pollution watch
wellcome aboard and hope to see your posts n the rad forum!!
peace light a loveve
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MoonlightEmpire,
Welcome, a voice from Jersy will be wonderful !
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Thanks guys,
Just got in from taking a ten minute radiation test. The counter was on my deck in my back yard, just shy of 1 meter off the ground. I got 502 counts, which is roughly averaged to 50 CPM. I don't like it, but so far I'm assuming no major releases, if any, from the Salem plant. I will continue to take tests and show results here.
@arclight and xdrfox, thank you for your replies, I have read much of what you've written here at ENE and value your opinions. Please direct me to the rad forum….? Thanks.
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A warm welcome, MoonlightEmpire! So glad to have you join us from New Jersey!
Thanks so much for your first radiation posting! You can join the others in the enenews "Geiger Counter brigade" who regularly share their readings from the U.S., Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, and beyond in the enenews Radiation Monitoring forum here:
http://enenews.com/forum-post-radiation-monitoring-data-april-30-2012-present
Looking forward to your participation. Cheers!
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Salem? Would that be the same Salem of the witch trials fame???
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Greetings. >50, that's high. Hope it "cools off" there soon!
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