Published: February 15th, 2013 at 2:52 pm ET
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DMorgen (Google Translation), Feb. 15, 2013 at ~12:45p ET:
h/t Anonymous tip
New water pump incident [...] After analysis, the incident was classified as a level 1 of the INES* scale (International Nuclear Event Scale) [...]
Lalibre.be (Google Translation), Feb. 15, 2013 at ~1:30p ET:
Doel: technical incident at the nuclear [...] The defect was classified at Level 1 (anomaly) on the INES scale (with 7 levels). A pressure difference was found on a turbopump unit 2 of the Doel nuclear power plant, announced Friday the Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) on its website.
*The [INES] International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale is a worldwide tool for communicating to the public in an open and consistent way the safety significance of nuclear and radiological events -IAEA
It appears the last INES event involving a nuclear reactor was last April.
See also: AFP: Fires, radioactive fluid leak at French nuclear plant -- Level 1 on INES scale... 'provisionally' -- Small pools of burning oil
Published: February 15th, 2013 at 2:52 pm ET
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Nobody will know what really happened, but what we do know: water and pumps can never stop, or there can be meltdowns.
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Do not worry. Cattenom NPP in France just across the border had
5 times INES 1 and
1 time INES 2
in the past 12 months alone. It's all A-ok.
*sarc
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