Published: August 23rd, 2011 at 3:43 pm ET
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Virginia Nuclear Plant Loses Power After Quake, Wall Street Journal, August 23, 2011:
A nuclear power plant in central Virginia has lost offsite power [... and] is now using four diesel generators to maintain cooling operations. The plant automatically shut down in the wake of the earthquake.
“As far as we know, everything is safe,” said Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesman David McIntyre.
There are seven additional nuclear plants that have declared unusual events, which is the lowest of four emergency situations, the NRC said. [...]
Published: August 23rd, 2011 at 3:43 pm ET
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Weren’t these things built to withstand natural disasters?
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Who knows . These nuke idiots tell so many lies and then you have such reputable people in the industry like, GE and Shaw, just to name 2 of them !!
Cripes, just like Turkey Point in S. FL. , we won’t hear squat about this again..
someone here says
“move along, nothing to see here”.. every time they say that I crack up !!
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Move along … nothing to see here …
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Beyond design-basis accidents:
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/glossary/beyond-design-basis-accidents.html
Since they haven’t had an earthquake that size since 1897…it may be a BDBA.
See page 5 of the PDF to see how the NRC answers the question about what size earthquake US plants are designed for (let me give you a hint…not big enough!):
http://www.nrc.gov/japan/faqs-related-to-japan.pdf
This one was close to the plant and I hope it wasn’t damaged too badly.
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http://enformable.com/2011/08/breaking-5-9-earthquake-strikes-near-7th-most-at-risk-nuclear-power-station-for-earthquake-damage-if-foreshock-then-worse-is-yet-to-come/
Confirmed north Ana has been evacuated??
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http://enformable.com/2011/08/breaking-5-9-earthquake-strikes-near-7th-most-at-risk-nuclear-power-station-for-earthquake-damage-if-foreshock-then-worse-is-yet-to-come/
Confirmed north Anna has been evacuated??
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Hey you Enenewsers “over there” – I hope you’re alright and everyone’s safe!!
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man i hope theses 8 nuclear plants can regain power and we avoid meltdowns … from CT
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FFing Nuclear rep liar at governor’s live conference said ALL generators were working…and he knew dang well they were not!
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Live press conference:
http://www.wtvr.com/
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http://www.cafemom.com/group/99198/forums/read/14794373/Virginia_Nuclear_Plant_Loses_Power_After_Quake
“Federal officials say two nuclear reactors at the North Anna Power Station in Louisa County, Va., were automatically taken off line by safety systems around the time of the earthquake.
The Dominion-operated power plant is being run off three emergency diesel generators, which are supplying power for critical safety equipment. The NRC and Dominion are sending people to inspect the plant.
A fourth diesel generator FAILED, but it wasn’t considered an emergency because the other generators are working.”
SP: The nuke puke stood there by the governor and lied through his teeth saying all generators were working! %*##!!!
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Perhaps the Governor didn’t lie…
Perhaps he said ‘ All necessary genators are working’… Just a thought ..
They are all crafty, and double talk… never know what is actually happening …
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It has begun. Thank you for pointing this out!
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WaPo via #nirs on twitter sez 1 of 4 generators has failed.
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NRC says as far as we know everthings ok… so are their meters out How can they not know?? If the power to the main systems are out everything is NOT ok and they know it’s not ok … more importantly we know it’s not ok … AGAIN
BAN NUCLEAR POWER
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RSOE EDIS Current Information
Non-categorized event – North-America – USA / State of Texas
Texas was in a Level 1 power emergency Tuesday, and customers were asked to conserve electricity until 7 p.m., ERCOT officials said. ERCOT announced the emergency at 3:43 p.m. Tuesday, when operating reserves dropped below 2,300 megawatts. “We are asking Texas residents and businesses to reduce their electricity use until 7 p.m….
Source: RSOE EDIS
Published: 2011-08-24 01:28:08 GMT
What’s happening here?
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