US tornadoes force shutdown of two nuclear reactors in Virginia

A US nuclear power company has disclosed that one of the tornadoes that hit the US at the weekend, killing at least 45 people and causing widespread damage, forced the shutdown of two of its reactors.

The series of tornadoes that began in Oklahoma late last week barrelled across the country, with North Carolina, where 22 people died, the worst-hit state.

The US nuclear safety regulator said on Mondayit was monitoring the Surry nuclear power plant in Virginia. Dominion Virginia Power said the two reactors shut down automatically when a tornado cut off power to the plant. A backup diesel generator kicked in to cool the fuel. The regulator said no radiation was released and staff were working to restore electricity to the plant.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/18/us-tornadoes-shutdown-nuclear-reactors

What can I say? Now the mention in the Hartman show last night makes SENSE...

Didn't hit this:



- Which was only a few more miles away. And we've got this poison laying around in similar pools of water all over the country.....

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110411/NEWS11/104110335/Storage-used-nuclear-fuel-rods-TVA-plants-elsewhere-stir-concern">Storage of used nuclear fuel rods at TVA plants, elsewhere stir concern


K&R

and to the people who are dead, RIP... those missing. I hope they are found alive and mostly well.

But that is... SHIVER...

The last two months we have all learned more than we were modestly curious before.

Now here is a question... why is it that the BEST article on this AMERICAN story is in the GUARDIAN?

it was widely discussed here.

Thanks...

Now we had two different facilities?

Yes they did what they were designed to do but tripping is not what I want to read.

:hi:

Second time this month, Brown's ferry this time.

you are getting close to the problem in Japan. At the Virginia and Alabama plants dont have the spent fuel stored above the reactor. Who in their right mind (oh yeah GE) would have come up with that design?