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ensho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-10 09:24 AM
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Vt. has a nuke plant problem

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index.php?smp=&lang=eng


What is being described as a low-level emergency classification at the Vermont Yankee power plant put the surrounding towns on alert tonight. Vermont Yankee spokesman Larry Smith said a loss of power to electrical circuits in the plant alarm center led to the plant declaring a "unusual event" at 7:05 p.m. Smith described the classification as the lowest of four emergency classifications established by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. He said maintenance and engineering technicians were addressing the problem and expected the status to be lifted by late tonight.
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FSogol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-10 09:33 AM
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1. Glad to see all the safety provisions are operating correctly.
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Recursion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-10 09:49 AM
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2. And it looks like the safeguards are working. I wish oil rigs were that safe.
Edited on Mon Aug-30-10 09:49 AM by Recursion
To say nothing of coal mines.
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