another nuke plant event in S. Carolina

[ensho]

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php


A fire alarm went off in a containment building at the H.B. Robinson Nuclear Plant near Hartsville as a reactor was being brought back on line after an unplanned shutdown earlier this week. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said the alarm sounded early Thursday but there was no fire or smoke. NRC spokesman Roger Hannah says the reactor is now going back on line and the problem appeared to be a faulty alarm. The plant was being brought back up after a faulty electrical relay caused the reactor to shut down Monday. Progress Energy said the reactor automatically switched off when a gauge incorrectly detected low coolant level. The NRC has been monitoring the plant more closely after four reactor shutdowns in less than a year.
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they need to get their act together here

[WhiteTara]

1. Oh, no smoke or fire. All is well!

I hope it was a faulty alarm and not faulty reading of the alarm.

All these plants are aging and I'm sure we're going to see lots of these events.

[MineralMan]

2. I had a smoke detector like that. It went off when there was no

fire. So, I unplugged it, threw it in the trash, and replaced it with a new one. I did not call the fire department. I did not file a report. I went to the hardware store and bought a new one and installed it.

Nuclear power plants are required to report almost anything out of the ordinary that happens. You are not required to report every such incident on DU.

Nuclear power generation is not safe. It has never been safe and cannot be made to be safe.

That does not mean that every minor incident at such a power plant is worthy of publication on DU. Thanks for reading.

[XanaDUer]

3. Interesting

Thanks for posting!

:hi:

[XanaDUer]

4. Kick

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