Nuclear Troubles from Hurricane Sandy update 10/30/12
Channel: MsMilkytheclown
Date: 2012-10-31

Sorry if I have not included All the information yet.  I'm trying to catch up after being in hurricane Sandy.  Please refer to the links below for more information.

New phrase for the day: "The law of unanticipated consequences."

Sandy Puts Nuclear Power Plants on Alert-10-30-2012 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNzOBaSsEWg&feature=em-uploademail-new

NRC Event Notification Report for October 30, 2012
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/event/2012/20121030en.html

3 nuclear power reactors shut down during Hurricane Sandy
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/3-nuclear-power-reactors-shut-down-during-sandy/2012/10/30/7ddd3a94-22b6-11e2-8448-81b1ce7d6978_story.html

(Reuters) - Hurricane Sandy slowed or shut a half-dozen U.S. nuclear power plants, while the nation's oldest facility declared a rare "alert" after the record storm surge pushed flood waters high enough to endanger a key cooling system.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/30/us-storm-sandy-exelon-oystercreek-idUSBRE89T08F20121030

Nuclear Power Plants from Virginia to Vermont Could Be Impacted from Massive Hurricane Sandy 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqPQK5GrDEg&feature=em-uploademail-new

Nuclear Power Plants & Preparing for the Great New York Earthquake: Coverage of Hurricane Sandy 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvPO8J4myMU&feature=em-uploademail-new

Explosion at the Con Ed Plant 10-29-12 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UWQuxl_Gco
and THAT IS NOT GOOD BECAUSE:
ALERT,SEASIDE HEIGHTS NEWJERSEY , A SPARK COULD SET THE TOWN ABLAZE !! 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ekSXMHbYEI&feature=g-u-u

New York's Indian Point Nuclear Plant Lies Within 2 Miles Of Ramapo Seismic Zone.

Fault lines and known temblors in the New York City region between 1677-2004. The nuclear power plant at Indian Point is indicated by a Pe.
Most New Yorkers probably view the idea of a major earthquake hitting New York City as a plot device for a second-rate disaster movie. In a city where people worry about so much -- stock market crashes, flooding, a terrorist attack -- earthquakes, at least, do not have to be on the agenda.

A recent report by leading seismologists associated with Columbia University, though, may change that. The report concludes a serious quake is likely to hit the area.
http://old.gothamgazette.com/article/iotw/20080929/200/2660

Oh, by the way: Fukushima update:  not looking too good either...
BOOM @ FUKUSHIMA on 2012.10.30 10:11 JST ALERT-ALARM-警報 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_68iiTZgseQ&feature=em-share_video_user


The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has acknowledged the massive Sandy storm could impact both coastal and inland nuclear power plants. At least 16 reactors are in the storm's projected path, including North Anna and Surry in Virginia; Calvert Cliffs in Maryland; Oyster Creek, Hope Creek and Salem in New Jersey; Indian Point in New York; Millstone in Connecticut; and Vermont Yankee. So far there have been no reports of reactors shutting down, despite operating under licenses that require them to do so if weather conditions are too severe. "The biggest problem, as I see it right now, is the Oyster Creek plant, which is on Barnegat Bay in New Jersey," says former nuclear executive Arnie Gunderson, noting it lies in the project eye of the storm. "Oyster Creek is the same design design, but even older, than Fukushima Daichii unit one. It's in a refueling outage. That means that all the nuclear fuel is not in the nuclear reactor, but it's over in the spent fuel pool. And in that condition, there's no back-up power for the spent fuel pools. So, if Oyster Creek were to lose its offsite power, and frankly that's really likely, there would be no way cool that nuclear fuel thats in the fuel pool until they get the power reestablished. ... The most important lesson we can take out of Fukushima Daiichi and climate change, and especially with Hurricane Sandy, is that we can't expect to cool these fueling pools."

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