Vermont nuke plant shuts down after fire

[Champ]

VERNON, Vt. -- The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant was shut down Friday after a transformer caught fire in the non-nuclear part of the facility, officials said. No radiation was released, they said.

The operators declared an "unusual event," the lowest of four emergency classifications set by the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

The fire was detected just before 7 a.m. and the nuclear reactor was automatically shut down, said plant spokesman Rob Williams.

Williams said the fire was under control.There was no release of radiation and no injuries, he said.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Nuclear%20Plant%20Fire

[Crachet2004]

1. No worries here...this could happen on any powerhouse.

The transformers are outside and are a safe distance from anything else. They are oil-cooled and can get very hot. This is an electricity thing, not a nuclear thing.

[jukes]

2. Crach

TX+ for the tech viewpoint. sounds scarier @ 1st.

[struggle4progress]

3. It dumped some gallons of oil in the River

Typical of nuclear plant operations: they don't prevent "mundane" pollution.

[NashVegas]

4. yow

..

[uptown ruler]

5. we may end up mostly nuclear if...

peak oil reports are true...


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[truthisfreedom]

6. especially if the oil industry succeeds in pushing through a hydrogen

infrastructure to replace oil. which is idiotic.