Oyster Creek Plant, Nation’s Oldest Nuclear Facility, Issues Rare ‘Alert’ In Face Of Sandy
Reuters
Posted: 10/30/2012 12:22 pm EDT
We really need to start investing in hardening and updating this nation’s infrastructure.
It sounds as if they were two or three backup levels away from having problems.
From the articles I read, there were some lessons that could have been learned from Fukushima–I wonder how well we’ve taken them to heart.
One suggestion was putting bits of Pt wool at various high points in the buildings, to eliminate hydrogen build-ups by catalyzing its conversion to water. I don’t know how sound that is, or how to prevent people from scavenging it.
Another lesson seems to be that plants have several layers of back-up, but typically only the first or second are tested. There was something about back-up back-up generators, but not having the cabling to connect the back-up back-ups to the system.
It looks like the U.S. came close to having a Fukushima type disaster…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/30/oyster-creek-plant-sandy_n_2044004.html?1351614160&utm_hp_ref=business
Oyster Creek Plant, Nation’s Oldest Nuclear Facility, Issues Rare ‘Alert’ In Face Of Sandy
Reuters
Posted: 10/30/2012 12:22 pm EDT
We really need to start investing in hardening and updating this nation’s infrastructure.
It sounds as if they were two or three backup levels away from having problems.
From the articles I read, there were some lessons that could have been learned from Fukushima–I wonder how well we’ve taken them to heart.
One suggestion was putting bits of Pt wool at various high points in the buildings, to eliminate hydrogen build-ups by catalyzing its conversion to water. I don’t know how sound that is, or how to prevent people from scavenging it.
Another lesson seems to be that plants have several layers of back-up, but typically only the first or second are tested. There was something about back-up back-up generators, but not having the cabling to connect the back-up back-ups to the system.