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Nuke Plant Spokeswoman: “Smoke was seen coming from an auxiliary transformer but the fire department found no fire” -Reuters

Published: January 30th, 2012 at 3:56 pm ET
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Follow-up to UPDATED: Emergency shutdown at Illinois reactor -- Smoke was actually steam containing radioactive material -- Workers evacuated -- Releases will continue throughout day (PHOTO)

Title: Exelon shuts Byron nuclear plant unit after power loss
Source: Reuters via Crain’s Chicago Business
Date: Jan 30, 2:45 pm ET

[...] Exelon declared an unusual event following the shutdown, which indicates a potential degradation of the safety level of the plant.

A spokeswoman for the plant said smoke was seen coming from an auxiliary transformer but the fire department found no fire. [...]

The company however did mention the unit released steam as designed to depressurize the reactor, releasing an expected amount of tritium into the atmosphere. [...]

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Published: January 30th, 2012 at 3:56 pm ET
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1 comment to Nuke Plant Spokeswoman: “Smoke was seen coming from an auxiliary transformer but the fire department found no fire” -Reuters

  • Bones Bones
    January 30, 2012 at 4:55 pm

    Gotta find some people from Chicago to take readings for a week or so. Who knows what really was all released and more importantly how much. As usual propaganda, “it was NOT, and I really mean NOT, a threat to the public (Please think it stopped)at any time ever.”

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