another reason a nuke plant has to shut down - debris

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http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index.php?smp=&lang=eng


Area: France, Prefecturie of Bordeaux, Blayais Nuclear Power Plant, Braud-et-Saint-Louis



EDF halted all four nuclear reactors at its 3,900-megawatt Blayais nuclear plant in southwest France on Thursday after storms affected water quality on the Gironde river, the company said. "The four reactors were stopped early this morning," said an EDF spokeswoman. "This is a normal procedure which we carried out after we received an alert in a pumping station," the spokeswoman added. The shutdown did not disturb the power grid network, she said, adding she could not say when the reactors would restart. Power stations rely for river water for cooling and take precautions to prevent debris, stirred up storms, from damaging the pumps. "Similar events occurred a couple of years ago at the Paluel power plant (northwest France) and it took a couple of days for the reactors to restart," one trader said, adding it appeared EDF had stopped the four reactors at around 1100 GMT.
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last summer the nuke plant in Fl. that's on the Gulf of Mex. almost had to shut down because the intake water from the Gulf was too hot.

wonder what will happen this summer? intake pipe made longer to reach deeper, cooler water? or what?

[ThomWV]

1. Once again the nuclear power industry doing exactly what its supposed to do with a safe result

Amazing itsn't it? And the French at that.

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2. more and stronger storms will make more debris thus more stoppage

hotter gulf water could stop the Fl. plant.


we cannot get away from climate change.

[ThomWV]

5. Yes, and dryer times will mean less water, and rainy years everything will be great.

Hoter gulf water will never rise to a temperature where it couldn not be an effective coolent for a reactor and besides that, with global warming you get sea level rises.

Give it up, your argument is absurd. The engineering that goes into designing nuclear power plant cooling is way way more exact than wild guesses about what a few degrees of temperature change will make. It just strikes me as odd that anyone would use as an example of the horrors of nuclear energy an article that showed when a safeguard worked perfectly.

[SidDithers]

3. Thanks for posting about another completely normal procedure...

and reiterating how well safety and backup systems work at France's nuclear power generating facilities.

Sid

[Lost in CT]

4. Well should substitute all nuke plants with clean healthy coal.

:sarcasm:

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6. Leaky pipe likely to blame for spill at coal-burning power plant

"A retention pond at a Tennessee Valley Authority coal-burning power plant leaked waste into a northeast Alabama creek Friday, ramping up pressure on the utility that already is trying to clean up last month's major coal ash spill at a plant in Tennessee.

TVA officials said the latest discharge — water laced with calcium sulfate, a component of a material known as gypsum — presented no danger to people or the environment. But environmentalists were quick to criticize, and some lawmakers said it was more evidence Congress needs to overhaul coal waste regulations.

"One disaster convinced me that we ought to subject coal ash impoundments to federal design, construction, and inspection requirements," said Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.V., chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee. "But two incidents in less than three weeks at a TVA site illustrate that we must act swiftly if we hope to ensure a basic level safety for our communities and the environment."

http://www.blnz.com/news/2009/01/09/reports_Ala_power_plant_retaining_9739.html

Power is just too dangerous.

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7. I was posting to note that nuke had to shut down for debri and or

too hot water. (yes, the Fl. plant almost had to shut down last summer due to hot water)


which means it could effect electric concerns for everybody.


the more storms, the hotter water means more times of shortage of electricity which citizens should make note of, etc.

that was the point. the nuke end game. providing electricity in your life.