Monday, September 26, 2011

Nuclear Event in South Haven at Entergy's Palisades Nuclear Plant


Hat tip "Heart of the Rose" who posted the link at Enenews http://enenews.com/forum-discussion-thread-september-26-october-2-2011#comment-135634

Nuclear Event in USA on Tuesday, 27 September, 2011 at 03:09 (03:09 AM) UTC.
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=NC-20110927-32447-USA

"Entergy’s Palisades nuclear plant near South Haven is venting radioactive steam into the environment as part of an unplanned shutdown triggered by an electrical accident. This shutdown, which began Sunday evening, came just five days after the plant restarted from a shutdown that was caused by a leak in the plant’s cooling system.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokeswoman Prema Chandrithal said that the current shutdown happened because an object slipped during work on a circuit breaker and caused an arc that took out power for one of two DC electrical systems that power safety valves and other devices.

According to a notice filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the plant is stable and “controlling temperature using Atmospheric Dump Valves.” “The steam that would normally go to the generators, that steam is now going into the environment … through the steam stack,” said Chandrithal..."

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