Nuclear Plants Get Through the Storm With Little Trouble

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"The nuclear reactors in Sandy’s path mostly handled the storm well — better than other parts of the region’s electric system.

But one reactor, on the New Jersey coast, declared a low-level emergency because rising water threatened to submerge pumps it uses to pull in cooling water.

That plant, Oyster Creek, in Toms River, about 60 miles east of Philadelphia, had shut a week earlier for refueling, but still had cooling requirements, especially for its spent fuel pool, where fuel used decades ago is stored; that fuel must be kept submerged, and continues to generate waste heat."

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/30/nuclear-plants-get-through-the-storm-with-little-trouble/

[mindwalker_i]

1. This is one of those times when as little trouble

can go a long way.

[Ghost Dog]

2. Let, at least, the people pay attention to the 'spent fuel' problem:

Piling up since decades ago,now. sTILL NO SAFE SOLUTION. nO SAFE PLACE TO GO.

Ok. Sorry. I'll leave those accidental CAPS where they are.

[wtmusic]

3. There are much safer places for it to go.

Sometimes absolutes provide really crappy answers.