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Title: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: a|F on Oct 29, 2012, 04:31

This thread is dedicated to Hurricane Sandy and its' effects.  Please feel free to share anything, as the extent of damage and lives affected will be astronomical.

Nuke plants are required to be shutdown two hours prior to hurricane-force winds reaching site.
http://www.nei.org/keyissues/safetyandsecurity/emergencypreparedness/how-do-nuclear-plants-withstand-hurricanes

I'm interested to see which plants shutdown due to that, and which have a loss of off-site power (LOOP) forced scram.  Hopefully the industry's b.5.b./flex programs aren't tested.

Stay safe!

Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: radbrat on Oct 30, 2012, 08:26

Oyster Creek is in alert status according to ABC news out of New York.

Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: a|F on Oct 30, 2012, 03:15

Oyster Creek (New Jersey) declared an alert due to high intake water level and a loss of off-site power.  They were already in an outage.

Indian Point (NYC) lost one of their plants due to a load reject.

Nine Mile Point (Oswego, NY) lost one of their plants due to a load reject.

Salem (New Jersey) shut down one unit due to a loss of circ water pumps.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/hurricane-sandy-problems-nuke-plants/story?id=17598503&cid=ESPNheadline

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2012/10/30/storm-shuts-3-nuke-plants-alert-remains-at-oyster-creek/?partner=yahootix