New York nuke event

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Operators at the Nine Mile Point 1 nuclear power plant manually shut down the unit around noon today in response to high water levels in the reactor. The cause of the high water level apparently was due to a feedwater system malfunction. The high water level did not pose a safety danger, but since it was not a normal condition, plant operators followed procedures and inserted control rods to shut down the unit. The shutdown was uncomplicated, with all equipment performing as expected and operators handling the shut down appropriately. "We had our resident inspectors assigned to Nine Mile Point in the control room to ensure operators were dealing with the shutdown as expected," said Neil Sheehan of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. "We will continue to evaluate work by plant personnel to troubleshoot the associated issues and make repairs." Sheehan said large industrial pumps are used in a boiling-water reactor like that at Nine Mile Point I to "feed" water into the reactor vessel. That water is used to replenish water being converted to steam via the fissioning of atoms taking place in the reactor. He said the steam produced in the reactor vessel flows to the plant's turbine, which it turns to generate electricity. The amount of feedwater flowing to the reactor vessel is controlled by varying the speed of the plant's feedwater
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just so you know

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1. It's 11:30 a.m.

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2. Excellent to know that the safety measures on...

these power plants continue to function as expected.