NukeWorker Forum
Facility & Company Information => Region II (South East) => Catawba => Topic started by: Ksheed on Apr 06, 2012, 10:04
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Does anyone know what caused the recent loss of offsite power? Thanks.
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Yes, Offsite Power went away.
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Yes, Offsite Power went away.
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Yes, Offsite Power went away.
Very helpful. Thank you for clarifying.
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LMAO
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http://www.lakewyliepilot.com/2012/04/09/1492459/duke-probes-power-loss-at-nuclear.html
"Electricity from a switchyard feeding the plant lost energy just after 8 p.m. Wednesday, Pettit said, but it’s not clear where the problem occurred. “Everything worked as designed,” he said. “Unit 1 tripped and all four (backup) diesel generators started” to supply the plant with power. The event was declared over at 1:38 a.m. Thursday."
The cause of the power loss at the switchyard is still under investigation. Aliens refueling is my guess :P tt427
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During meeting this morning here (here is NOT Catawba mind you, so take with grain of salt), this was discussed. Manager statement was that a fire occurred, initial cause suspected to be 48v DC power supply. Possible Part 21 issue. No other info at this time.
Any other thoughts/information along these lines?
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found this in my inbox:
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/news/2012/12-016-ii.pdf
just a bit more info, not meant to be inflammatory or derogatory :)
Thank you HeavyD for the post/reply. +K