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Transformer Explosion At The Indian Point Nuclear Facility Near New York Is 'Contained'
The words "explosion", "New York", "black smoke", and "nuclear" strike fear into the heart of most people but according to Entergy - who runs Indian Point, "the nuclear facility has been safely shutdown following a transformer failure." Reports of a loud blast at the nuclear facility just 38 miles north of New York, with dense black smoke rising from Unit 3 are no concern and represent "no danger to public health and safety." The plant, which dates back to 1962 (although the currently used reactors were installed later in the 70s) had just been brought back online on Friday, after being shut down for a steam leak repair.
State police at entrance of #indianpoint. OEM says fire was a transformer, not in plant, and is contained. #abc7ny pic.twitter.com/N9EcGg8OUI
— Renee Stoll (@ReneeStollABC7) May 9, 2015
Indian is just 38 miles north of New York City, and as RT reports, produces some 25 percent of New York City’s and Westchester’s electricity. The combined power generated by the two units amounts to over 2000 megawatts. The facility employs some 1,600 people.
The plant has been a subject of controversy due to its proximity to NYC. Several environmental groups have been calling for Indian Point’s permanent shutdown for years. It also has a history of transformer accidents and various leaks, including a 2012 explosion in the main transformer that spilled oil into the river and caused Entergy to pay a fine of a $1.2 million.
Witnesses posted alarming images of smoke billowing from the plant on social media, saying it followed a large blast and fire. “It was a huge black ball of smoke and alarms went off immediately,” tweeted Gustavus Gricius, a witness near the scene.
The plant’s Unit 2 reactor has continued operating and the fire was put out by the automatic sprinkler system and on-site personnel, Entergy Corp spokesman Jerry Nappi told Reuters. No people were reported injured.
The facility's operator tweeted...
Indian Point safely shut down following transformer failure outside of nuclear side of plant; No danger to public health and safety.
— Indian Point Energy (@Indian_Point) May 9, 2015
NOW: @NYGovCuomo is at the @Indian_Point plant to assess the situation which is 30 miles due west of Connecticut. pic.twitter.com/gJSkR2SUrQ
— John Bell (@NewsBell) May 10, 2015
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One wonders what the rate for a good Geiger counter is in NYC these days?
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Just coincidence?
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just a matter of time.....
All the nuclear plants in the US are ALLOWED to leak a great deal of tritium, every day, all the time. I love nuclear plants, just not around me or anything I might eat.
I'm sure everything is just fine over at Indian Point.
What's the problem here? Obviously nuclear radiation is totally overrated and has no effect on anything at all. The old protocols of dangerous radiation levels have completely been obliterated by Fukushima proving that all plant and animal/human life on the planet can withstand and survive massive radiation contamination of the air, land, sea, and food, year after year with no problems what-so-ever.
Haven't you been paying attention for the last 4 years? It's now obvious that there's no such thing as nuclear radiation. Aren't you all still alive and reading this right now? You're not dead...you don't have cancer. So then obviously radiation isn't harmful in any way shape or form. That was just old time junk science and fear that we no longer have to worry about these days because we have all been told now that radiation isn't harmful in any way.
Quit listening to the conspiracy theorists and the doom and gloomers who lie to you about radiation. Obviously we are all still alive so radiation either doesn't exist or we're all now perfectly evolved to withstand any kind of "harmful" radiation...whatever that is.
And even if some people, plants, or animals might accidentally get sick and/or die eventually from so-called radiation, isn't that just survival of the fittest? Don't we all survive better from others dying because they were all too weak to live with a little radiation??? geez....
;-)
said the man with 2 heads, and 3 eyes
I sure miss my canned tuna, and wished I'd bought more when NuKuFuKu went critical.
Oh well, I won't miss NY.
Espirit,
Ortiz Bonito Del Norte - White Tuna in Olive OilThe Italian brand Flott is nice too. And always get the olive oil. Crazy long shelf life and I swear it even tastes better with a few years on it. I have no idea why.
In case plant shutdown, you can burn your canned tunnel like a candle:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Cool-Tuna-Can-Oil-Candle-EmergencySurviv...
you can still eat your tuna after, but please Geiger sweep it first.
Well, that's something I would have NEVER come up with on my own!
I am fully reassured now that Cuomo has personally assessed the situation.
It must be safe is Cuomo is there.
ON THE ITHER HAND HE MIGHT JUST BE DEAD BY NEXT WEEKEND.....
I used to work as a power engineer. A transformer fire has nothing to do with the nuclear reactions per se. When a transformer catches on fire, relays detect a fault (either overcurrent, differential, sudden pressure, overtemperature, etc), and circuit breakers isolate the transformer from the system. I don't know this particular plant's design, but generally there are multiple transformers running in parallel and the loss of a transformer wouldn't necessarily require any nuclear unit to shut down. However, if a unit depended on that transformer to output power, then the turbine and nuclear unit must be shut down immediately. This is a fairly routine operation. The reason the unit must be shut down really has more to do with the turbine. Turbines are rated for a particular frequency and if you have a tremendous amount of mechanical energy being dumped into the turbine but no electrical loading since the transformer is toast, you will in a very short period of time experience a turbine frequency excursion which can rip it apart. The quickest way to reject mechanical input power is to dump steam from the nuclear unit to the atmosphere. It is not, I repeat, not, radioactive. The radioactive heat transfer fluid (steam, liquid sodium, whatever) is always isolated from the turbine steam via heat exchangers. It sounds like a bomb going off, but it's simply extremely high pressure steam being vented to atmosphere.
Thank you Condition 1SQ for the explanation. It's always good to hear from someone who has actual experience in the field being discussed. So many commenters just blast off remarks without having a clue what they're talking about.
Now that I've had a chance to read the Wikipedia page that I linked to, I also have a good idea what that black smoke was in the photo. Large transformers are filled with oil, for cooling. I assume that the black smoke is burning oil. There may also be a little bit of burning plastic in there (due to its use as a wire insulator). It is most definitely not burning uranium or plutonium, as transformers don't contain any of that.
@1SQ => This is a great fear porn story. please don't rain on the parade with logic and common sense.
RT got the wrong number on how much energy Indian Point provides on a % basis. The real number is not 25%, it is 15%. My neighbor is a second-generation Con Ed manager and I quiz him on stuff like this periodically.
The oil used to cool transformers is called Ascarel.
It is carcinogenic.
In Brazil companies that make maintenance of these transformers are monitored by environmental agencies.
:-)
It's spelled "Askarel", and it serves two purposes. It cools the transformer and (more importantly) serves as a dielectric insulator which makes internal transformer faults much less catastrophic.
Askarel has PCBs, which is why it is considered carcinogenic. When I was younger, I used to work on a crew that disposed of PCB transformers. It's a very, very nasty oil. Sickening smell and it stains the skin for weeks.
Askarel hasn't been used in new transformers in probably 20 or 30 years. Sure, there are some old PCB transformers out there, but it's quite rare to run across them now. I doubt there was any PCB oil in that transformer. Nuke plants are crazy stringent about following regs. Now they use a special mineral oil which isn't as effective but has been blessed by the EPA.
There is still much controversy over whether Askarel should have been banned by the EPA.
"It is not, I repeat, not, radioactive." If you don't know what caused that plume of smoke and you are depending on the government, you are in the same position as the sailors on the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan exposed to blast radiation from the Fukushima reactors. Happy talk does not cut it, facts are what count.
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US sailors prepare for fresh legal challenge over Fukushima radiation$1bn lawsuit accuses Tepco of failing to avoid the accident and of lying about radiation levels that have caused health problems to themselves and their families stationed in Japan
You're comparing apples and oranges here - you're talking about a nuclear reactor that suffered a tsunami and earthquake. There's no way to guarantee anything under those conditions. There is a very, very slim probability that the turbine steam at this particular plant is radioactive, as it is monitored for radioactivity in real time.
From Enenews:
"radcon 5 alert popped up in NETC Albany NY from 11 am to 8pm yesterday
Those Brooklyn hipsters enamored with Chernobyl might be getting their own chance sooner than they think."
http://enenews.com/tv-huge-explosion-nuclear-plant-nyc-200-foot-high-fir...
Indian Point NPP's operating license was not renewed in 2013:
'Indian Point To Become First Nuclear Plant To Operate With Expired License'
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/05/13/indian-point-to-become-first-nucl...
I can't find where the Indian Point NPP license was ever renewed, but Cuomo wants it shut down:
'NRC: Indian Point On Track For License Renewal
Gov. Cuomo Among Those Who Want Nuclear Plant Closed'
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/06/25/nrc-indian-point-on-track-for-lic...
And what the press thinks:
"The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's estimate of the risk each year of an earthquake intense enough to cause core damage to the reactor at Indian Point was Reactor 2: 1 in 30,303; Reactor 3: 1 in 10,000, according to an NRC study published in August 2010. Msnbc.com reported based on the NRC data that "Indian Point nuclear reactor No. 3 has the highest risk of earthquake damage in the country, according to new NRC risk estimates provided to msnbc.com." According to the report, the reason is that plants in known earthquake zones like California were designed to be more quake-resistant than those in less affected areas like New York.[37][38]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Point_Energy_Center#Earthquake_risk
And now the fracking earthquakes are lighting up the NE earthquake maps, and getting stronger.
No problem, mon.
Condition ISQ - "relays detect a fault" , actually transducers are used for fault detection. Relay switches forward some of the logical signals that some transducers produce , however most of these signals are analog which first require amplification and then conversion over to digital prior to being forwarded to monitoring and alarm systems. The rest of what you said is pretty much spot on.
There might be a bit of terminology confusion here ..
"Relays" in this context mean "protective relays". They are essentially hardened computers which already have current and potential transformers built into them (they are rarely referred to as "transducers" in this context). For instance, this is the GE T60 - which very likely could have been one of the relays protecting the transformer: https://www.gedigitalenergy.com/multilin/catalog/t60.htm
The "relays" you're thinking of are more like these ice cube relays: http://www.grainger.com/category/ecatalog/N-1z0dwrn , which are also used in the utility industry - but act on behalf of a "protective relay" when a fault has occurred.
The only time I've heard people in the utility industry refer to a "transducer" is when they're talking about converting an analog quantity into a small 4-20mA, 0-10mA, etc signal. Temperature and pressure signals are typically sent this way.
Perhaps more like this: http://www.erlphase.com/products.php?ID=T-PRO%20Relay%20Model%204000
All signal data fed into these monitoring systems starts out from a transducer (usually CT's) as an analog signal , it is first amplified then converted over to digital before being forwarded to these monitoring systems.
Somewhat unrelated I have supplied equipment for FFT examinations of suitability of earthing at sites of transformers and Generator Circuit Breakers (GCB's) for the National Grid (UK).
Most modern GCB's are along these lines:
http://new.abb.com/high-voltage/gcb
It works like this .. PTs or CCTVs (sometimes installed in the transformer) deliver secondary voltage signals to the protective relay (generally 120V - 67V). Transformer bushing CTs step the current down to 1A or 5A secondary, which also runs into the relay. No conversion to digital is done outside the relay, it's all done internally. Generally, the relay has another set of CTs and PTs to further drop the signal levels down to board-level quantities. From here, the relay does its software magic.
I've never heard of ERL. Generally US utilities stick to either GE, SEL, Beckwith or Basler for their protective relays. On a critical transformer like this, they might even have primary and backup relaying (by different manufacturers).
Maybe we misunderstand each other but , CT's and PT's are analog transducers. Generator transformers are protected by GCB's on the primary side of the transformer, NOT protection relays which are used for the protection of sub-station transformers , they are susceptible to a different category of faults mainly caused by lightning , DC currents and harmonics due to long transmission lines.
Obviously nuclear radiation is totally overrated and has no effect on anything at all
you just fucking morron. nothing to add to this fact as true as the infinity of the universe, you are, a morron.
You are a moron if you didn't realise that was /sarcasm.
bullshit. it's a longer process. just because in your short term narrow perception of reality (which is the way we're all are supposed to think now), it doesn't render visible results (also because you're not really looking into it, but just regurgitating industry propaganda lines), you think it doesn't exist.
it's because of that attitude, our species will be in serious trouble, in the next 50 years.
seventy years of a giant, worldwide experiment, and it's a big success, right?
hardly
German study that proves childhood leukemia doubles near nuclear fission plants:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1892120/
German study childhood leukemia cluster near Geesthacht (Hamburg)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1892150/
French study that proves childhood leukemia doubles near nuclear fission plants
http://www.brest-ouvert.net/IMG/pdf/Childhood-leukemia.pdf
Study that proves low dose gamma radiation exposure is damaging to tissue:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19267556
This completely discredits an MIT study that was riddled with (intentional) mistakes:
http://www.fukuleaks.org/web/?p=6081
Meta-Analasys of Chernobyl disaster caused genomic damage in children:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18155954
Industry hides peaks in tritium releases:
http://enenews.com/experts-fukushima-disaster-globally-enhanced-cesium-1...
http://www.nuclearhotseat.com/2088/
Another poorly located nuke plant. Should have been built next to the Eccles Building.
Tosser sam
There are over 100 nuclear powerplants in the US, most of them are on the East Coast and are over 40 years old. The equipment is aged, the level of negligence, errors and plain old "I don't care" attitude amongst US workers is on the rise. I've heard more incidents involving the PA Nuclear powerplant in recent years, as well as the California San Onofre one, where contaminated water leaked into the environment. I highly recommend looking into this radiation water filter for your safety, I've been using it for years and swear by it: www.PureEffectFilters.com
Got Cesium?
just a matter of time.....
Yeah buddy . . . what's not being reported or talked about (much) is the Boone dam down in Tennessee that has a huge sinkhole below it that is jeopardizing the integrity of the dam structure. It just so happens that dam holds back a lake that is above SEVEN (7) nuclear power plants downstream . . . yikes!
http://enenews.com/sinkhole-develops-dam-water-starting-seep-base-7-nucl...
http://enenews.com/nrc-engineers-charge-regulators-with-coverup-reactor-...
Damn.
Leave me alone, I am watching a nifty sit-com on DistrationTV
The river below it flows through a wide valley and quite large flood plain. There are several very large impoundments that are larger and could also buffer between it and the power plants.
It's already been determined that if the dam goes, all the NPP's downstream will be wrecked. That's why the hurry to fix the problem, which essentially has no fix for the foreseeable future.
Yes, it is a big problem.
Do they have any Ukrainians working there?
If the cause of the fire was "Jewish lightning," there would be mass evacuations from Westchester County to escape the plumes of radioactive debris.
just a matter of time.....
mmm, before FUKUshima kills all?
Something insignificant happened, no one was injured, no property damaged, all is well. Where's the story.......?
Didn't they say that when Three Mile Island went critical? Inspires confidence, just like, "Brownie did a heck of a job!"
Brownie - "Place your bets!"
Well, to me it's news that there is a nuclear plant that close to NYC. Imagine something did hit that building (like a plane or two, or a few bombs) and the water became radioactive because of leakabge. All the water is rushing around Manhattan... pretty incredibly catastrophic.
I wonder if a terrorist will read this and get the idea. Is it sad that I kind of hope they do?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Point_Energy_Center
If any jews suffer from this, we'll be sure to hear about it... (Well, WAIT, only the part where the jew owners of the place weren't complicit in the mismanagement of the malfunction)...
If you hear nothing further about this, rest assured that Toucan Sam beak, "BABY" will get the last dance at Kellermans this fall...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9BbUqHrWFI
Transformers explode. Sometimes the oil in them burns. Done.
Quit running in circles screaming...
And this particular transformer blew some PCBs a couple thousand feet into the air. No problem though, it'll disperse over a few hundred miles.
transformers explode if they are left to run to failure.
I would like to know if any Dissolved Gas analysis was done on the transformer oil, and if Partial Discharge testing was done.
We had over 110 transformers under an asset management strategy with no failures in 15 years. We had some close calls before weeding out the defects. Even did an oil transfusion on the run.
You need to take oil sample yearly, conduct PD survey, and a winding test.
Note: The article states a history of transformer failures
Safety testing eats into profits. It's not as if anyone important (bankster ceo politico) lives near them.
fuck testing, how is my six figure bonus coming along this year?
Some transformers use sulfur hexafluoride, instead of oil.
Expensive stuff.
In mohican, that smoke spells out "Safe for a Thousand Generations".
OK as long as Entergy say all is ok we can rest well and move on.
They were just having a bar-b-que. Everyone bring their weanies!!
Fish Gone Bad - Great handle! Alias could be "stinky snatch"
ISIS did it! The Russian's did it! JADE HELM did it! AGHHHHHH . . . .
Lotsa scare quotes in that "article."
It's a darn good thing those 9-11 hijackers didn't know about Indian Point.
Reminds me coming into the back service door after having a cigarette in Charleston, SC home. About 1-1/2 ago. Standing in the garage... Kaboom. Think I jumped about three feet in air.
All power went out. A fucking squirrel was riding the electric line and triggered the fuse to explode.
Services were back in a half hour. I thought we had a bombing, just a Charleston squirrel getting elecruted.
Squirrel is yummy!
DEFCON: 3, with possible surplus food situation.
SITREP: Normal
Actions Taken: Awareness of defenses, state of security, persons on the property and in the Area, money & valuables are located for securing, Documents unsecured are reviewed
Lessons Learned: Squirrel and other animals are food and can be stored or used for augmentation
Threat: State or Other Officials take excessive Authority and power to promote unknown Agenda that appears Political in Nature
Environment: Financialization of everything when local projects are started, multiple funding sources seem to Equate Exactly to multiple Debt, ans Debt Levels seem to be Excessive here and in all cities and in all households.
Fact that all cities & Individuals are in debt speaks volumes about the change in Power and the Agenda.
Fact that Wages are Stagnant & shrinking & are depleting, speaks volumes on the future of the USA, not just small cities or Miami... all cities, city tax bases, industries, and the Decapitalization that has lead to Less consumption, less production, less wealth spending by older Americans, ...
Yo this is Decapitalization of the country and consumption and that is the whole basket.
You lost wealth = okay, can rebuild.
You lose Retirement, increase unlimited costs of health care, and add loss of Job Base, Bread & Butter Jobs... You just lost the government and country... what year?? 2008 is the Year of USA Final Wealth loss.
Year of End of America? Money Velocity fell in 1981 and can be validated by numbers in Multiplier(Federal Reserve St. Louis, FRED Charts, Money Supply kind of matches, but real money creation t US Banks is much larger than you can imagine... but the money seldom helps the USA or Infrastructure.
electrified squirrel has an awesome sear.
White guys with guns yo! It's the American Terrorist way.
Shakes my head in disbelief. Did you mean libtard entitlements?
Hope everything is alright.
Well, everything is definitely not alright.......
Everything is alright if you don't live in NY.
"Alright" is all wrong. It's all right; everyone makes mistakes.
Our Nuclear Family is with you at this time.
We understand your concerns and how very confusing this is.
Of course many of our experts are now being engaged and asked to look long and deep at the risks to the local communities and those down stream.
The local government as well as State and Federal Experts are being brought to full bear on this problem right now to determine appropriate steps, precautions, and investigations.
Your health, welfare, and well being are our highest in our minds and we will not let you down.
LOL S/
If the House of Lords ever get down from their Pedestals, touch real people, experience a life without protection of wealth... well HELL THAT WOULD BE LIBERTY, FREEDOM, EQUALITY, BROTHERHOOD, JUSTICE...
Shit get rid of the Wealth Fucks that think they should give away Sovereignty for Free Trade Treaties that make the big Traders even MORE WEALTHY. Seems simple. Wealthy People make Deals that Benefit other Wealthy People.
** Wow we got it now, Wealthy People make deals to benefit other Wealthy People **
** Simple **
well if the station holds backup power it's okay
It's all OK. They are running off Tesla batteries.
...no danger to public health and safety." The plant, which dates back to 1962 (although the currently used reactors were installed later in the 70s)....Wonder how many spent fuel rods in all those years? Also this clearly is a plant that is just plain old for such a dicey technology. Ah well, living in the Utah "downwind" area of the Nevada Test Site I can honestly say that since 1944 a few of my classmates are still alive...not many but a few. We're in our early 70's now, those of us still alive, for now. But then the average lifespan for Americans isn't much bragged about anymore. Besides the 82,000+ other toxins we're exposed to, right down the hill, about a mile from me there are 4 oil refineries with all their delights, A "low level" nuclear waste dump just west of the Great Salt Lake and a recently proposed high level "High Level" (fuel rods) nuclear waste dump that Gov. Herbert wants bad, so consider that a done deal. Besides having some of the worst air quality and crowding sounds like some of you here would just love the place! Greatest Radioactive Snow On Earth! Included in that snow is smoke from gold refining and medical waste burning and a filthy little place called Magcorp. Oh and Dugway Proving Grounds, Hill AFB...such a cluttered little place! But fun! BYOB or put up with the Zion Curtain and take your nasty pot to Colorado...and if you go to Colorado...please take me along!
"Your attention, please, ladies and gentlemen. Building 2 is secure. There is no need to evacuate Building 2. If you are in the midst of evacuation, you may use the re-entry doors and the elevators to return to your office. Repeat, Building 2 is secure."
Liberty is a demand. Tyranny is submission.
"They lie about everything. Why would they lie about this?"
Relax folks, the Canadians are WAY on this Nuke Waste problem and have come up with a really neat way to make this nasty stuff go away, for at least a few thousand years. It's not complicated, that's the beauty of it.... they have this really big lake, Lake Huron .... and they've found a spot about a mile from the shore, and just about 2,000 feet below ground should do the trick.... bury it. http://www.insidehalton.com/news-story/5599183-report-on-burying-nuclear...
Butt seriously, ENENEWS has been on the ball since FUKU - the latest official New Mexico reports out state a 370 billion bequerel Plutonium equivalent release from the WIPP accident, "orders of magnitude worse than predicted" ... "multiple fires and a significant number of breached drums for that amount" .... http://enenews.com/govt-actual-radioactive-release-nuke-dump-orders-magn...
"Fire behaviours"...sic of Dum 68660....surreal.
Goddamn squirrels.
The Indians had a Point.
Arrow point or flint point?
For God's sakes, do you guys know what a TRANSFORMER is? It's not even inside the plant. Yes, periodically these things catch fire or blow up. This can happen at a coal power plant, a natural gas plant, a wind farm, or even in your own neighborhood. In this case it was a big transformer, but in terms of safety it's no different than a small transformer fire. This was NOT a nuclear accident. There is no need to even shut down the reactor in order to replace a transformer after it's exploded or caught fire.
If you don't know what a transformer is, here's the Wikipedia link so you can read up on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformer
I swear, sometimes you guys are as alarmist as Huffington Post pansies.
That's a dinky home sized transformer. I'm sure they have several but if no spares then it will take many months to get a new one.
Here's an 800 MW transformer.
http://imgur.com/vLMjWdu
I saw a transformer blow one time on top of a pole in town, pretty awesome. big ball of Fire bright light etc, my immediate thought was Christ you could hide a whole Cadillac behind that ball of fire..
1600 people employed in a 2000 MWatt plant? So, each employee stands for 1.25 Mwatt produced. In Europe, a typical electricity supplier generating 16.000 Mwatt capacity runs this with about 8000 employees. 2 Mwatt/employee. You US guys clearly need to do something about your productivity ....
Productivity? Part of the "hidden mandate" of these entities is that they employ a lot of citizens...
Transformers if they have a problem, exhibit the problem when you start using them. Since they restarted it on Friday, it is reasonable that the transformer, which had been "off" , was starting to be used, and it blew up .
EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL ???
WELL THEY RE HARDLY GOING TO SAY IT S ALL GONE TITS UP AND YOU LL ALL BE DEAD BY MORNING --ARE THEY ??
GET REAL . THUS US JUST ANOTHER CHERNOBYL OR FUKUSHIMA OR THREE MILE ISLAND .
AFTER THOSE THREE IT S A WONDER THE WHOLE WORLD IS STILL BREATHING.....
The area around Three Mile Island has the highest thyroid cancer rates in the US:
'Pennsylvania's thyroid cancer rate is still rising'
"Pennsylvania has the highest rate of thyroid cancer in the nation, and its growth is outpacing the rest of the nation, according to researchers at Penn State College of Medicine."
http://triblive.com/news/healthnews/6771363-74/thyroid-cancer-rateI live within the 10 miles downwind of this shit hole.
There's two ways to look at it.
1. Move somewhere to the Southern Hemisphere, and live longer. Not completely a full, normal life, because you've already been exposed, but moving to a less radioactive environment will prolong what life you have.
2. You've already been exposed to life-shortening levels of radioactivity, and the whole of North America is completely saturated with plutonium and enriched uranium from Fukushima, with more coming, so live it up like there's no tomorrow, because there are few tomorrows left for us.
Liberty is a demand. Tyranny is submission, I love that, it's so true. We have a generation of nutless white males who think masculinity is revulsive, a byproduct of slavery. How the media created this ghost is true briliance however the fact remains freedom is not free. Loved the chalk outlines of the supposed isis dudes on the garland sidewalk. Lock and load fun times are getting closer and closer.
We did almost lose Boston, that should be the real story. It was 1 step away from radiation release in February 2015 at Pilgrim.
Redundancies....sheesh, we were one step away from a radiation
release at Pilgrim in Boston this February, due to a snow storm and
crappy maintenance.
http://nukeprofessional.blogsp...
Pilgrim was very close to being forced to directly vent
radioactive steam into the environment / neighborhood. They used every last
line of defense they had, including dumping radioactive steam into the old BWR
Torus aka Surge Tank.
A ProNuke troll that frequents blogs and websites to throw out lies and it always a cheerleader for nuclear, Michael Mann made some big claims on how well they test their gensets which are the backup power source for nuclear power plants.
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stock here-- my assertion has always been that even at Nuclear Plants, the backup generators are not tested under the real world conditions that they are needed in.
This means testing them support all the real loads that have to run in an emergency, including making sure that all the switchgear operates properly and automatically.
Here is an article that clearly explains why nuke plant testing of gensets and battery backup is piss poor
http://nukeprofessional.blogspot.com/2015/05/nuclear-safety-is-not-as-sa...