New Jersey nuke plant has an event - cause: ice

[ensho]

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


Ice on the Delaware River has caused the shutdown of the Unit 2 reactor at the Salem nuclear-power plant. It also has caused the Unit 1 reactor to reduce its power output to 80 percent. Both plants draw river water for nonradioactive cooling purposes, and ice was threatening to jam or block large screens that prevent river debris from entering the system. Neil Sheehan, spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said yesterday that the shutdown occurred about 8 a.m. Sunday. It was unclear when the units would be restarted or returned to full power. Plant officials said strong northwest winds and a low tide contributed to the unusual ice buildup. Ray Dotter, spokesman for PJM Interconnection, which operates the power grid in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and 11 other states plus the District of Columbia, said the reduced power from the two reactors was not affecting electric service.
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too hot a water will close a nuke plant and ice can close them down too.

interesting

[slackmaster]

1. Israel should just bomb the fucker and be done with it

:sarcasm:

[zerox]

2. How in the hell is this a nuke "event"?

Ice in the river was preventing them from properly drawing water for one reactor. It was temporarily shut down. Not a big deal.

[FBaggins]

4. Anything that shuts down a reactor is an "event"

by definition.

It's probably a 0-1 on the INES scale, but an event nevertheless.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

6. Imagine that the government having a ridiculous definition of something.

[Brickbat]

3. Looks like everything went well.

Glad to see the safety training and regulations work.

[ensho]

5. kicking back to pg. 1

nt