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Post by CoffeeShooter on Dec 15, 2011 9:20:16 GMT -5
... oh great, just great. NRC flags Sequoyah plant Federal regulators have given Sequoyah Nuclear Plant a "white" safety finding -- the first level of safety concerns that triggers stepped up federal inspections.
Sequoyah, near Soddy-Daisy and 20 miles from downtown Chattanooga, received notice of the finding in a November letter from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission after the plant's Unit 1 reactor had its fourth unplanned "scram" -- or shutdown -- in less than a year.
"This was due to two trips [unplanned automatic shutdowns] in the fourth quarter of 2010, one trip in the second quarter of 2011 and one trip in the third quarter of 2011," wrote Richard P. Croteau, NRC's director of the division of reactor projects.
A fifth shutdown occurred in the reactor after the plant had moved into the white rating, TVA spokesman Ray Golden acknowledged. timesfreepress.com/news/2011/dec/15/nrc-fla
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Post by misinglink on Dec 15, 2011 19:18:47 GMT -5
Nice!!
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Post by CoffeeShooter on Dec 21, 2011 16:26:19 GMT -5
Ok, now it is in the water. timesfreepress.com/news/2011/dec/20/tritium-detected-sequoyah-groundwater-monitoring-w/Radioactive material discovered in water around Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority officials have reported finding elevated levels of tritium in a groundwater sample taken from a monitoring well at the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant. TVA spokesman Ray Golden and other officials said the elevated level of tritium, found in one of two new onsite monitoring wells, poses no threat to the health and safety of the public. 'The newly installed groundwater monitoring wells were placed in an area known to have contained tritium that was previously reported,' Sequoyah Plant Manager Paul Simmons said in a prepared statement. 'The health and safety of the public are our primary concern, which is why providing additional monitoring capability to the plant's groundwater wells is an important measure for protecting the community and the environment.'
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Post by Fredo on Dec 21, 2011 16:45:37 GMT -5
I used to believe that nuclear power was the solution for our ever increasing energy demands but since Fukashima, I have come to the conclusion that it simply cannot be done safely.
If the notoriously fastidious Japanese can't do it there's really no hope.
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Post by misinglink on Dec 21, 2011 19:22:03 GMT -5
I knew the water was glistening! I thought it was just Christmas. It must be those NEON FISH!
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Post by CoffeeShooter on Dec 22, 2011 9:40:29 GMT -5
I used to believe that nuclear power was the solution for our ever increasing energy demands but since Fukashima, I have come to the conclusion that it simply cannot be done safely. If the notoriously fastidious Japanese can't do it there's really no hope. .... welcome aboard the reality train. ;D
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Post by Fredo on Dec 22, 2011 14:18:52 GMT -5
I used to believe that nuclear power was the solution for our ever increasing energy demands but since Fukashima, I have come to the conclusion that it simply cannot be done safely. If the notoriously fastidious Japanese can't do it there's really no hope. .... welcome aboard the reality train. ;D It's unfortunate because without nuclear what we're gonna get is more coal. We'll be poisoned slowly and without knowing it instead of all at once.
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