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here's a snapshot of emergency shutdowns from google:

Kewaunee plant may stay shut for 2 months
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI - Mar 9, 2005
... The shutdown could overlap with the planned shutdown of Point Beach Unit 2 reactor, which will be refueled and have its vessel cover replaced. ...

Nuclear-plant work comes at a cost
Green Bay Press Gazette, WI - Mar 11, 2005
... Wisconsin Public Service does not know yet how much the shutdown will cost. ... hoped to have the sale complete before the refueling outage and reactor vessel head ...

Unit 2 at nuclear plant is off line
Russellville Courier, AR - Mar 10, 2005
... of the unit’s four reactor coolant pumps will be replaced; and the unit’s two steam generators will be inspected. Prior to the shutdown, plant personnel

FirstEnergy's chief gives upbeat report on its future
Toledo Blade, OH - Mar 11, 2005
... head. The plant had been shutdown for two years following the discovery of a reactor head so corroded it nearly erupted. Davis-Besse's ...

ORNL reactor shutdown due to inconsistencies
WATE.com, TN - Feb 28, 2005
OAK RIDGE (AP) -- Officials say Oak Ridge National Laboratory's research reactor has been shut down because of "some inconsistencies.". ...

TVA Sequoyah reactor restarts after shutdown
WVLT, TN - Feb 25, 2005
Tennessee Valley Authority officials said a reactor at the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant was restarted today after automatically shutting down during maintenance two ...

Shutdowns vex plant
York Daily Record, PA - Mar 12, 2005
... An unscheduled automatic or manual nuclear power reactor shutdown poses no danger to the public and serves as a primary plant safety measure, said Neil Sheehan

Broken breaker forces nuclear disconnect
Portsmouth Herald News, NH - Mar 23, 2005
... While the breaker is being fixed, the reactor is being cooled down, Griffith ... The shutdown comes just as the nuclear plant prepares to undergo another refueling ...

Refueling outage under way at Exelon’s QC station
Quad City Times, IA - Mar 22, 2005
... Unit 1 was shutdown Monday after what had been a 455-day run of safe ... That set a new company record for continuous operation of a two-reactor nuclear energy ...

I feel safe.

*The nationwide average last year was just short one emergency shutdown for each of the 103 commercial reactors in use.