Lazy reporting or ignorance

[nadinbrzezinski]

I am all but a fan of nukes. But when we had the blackout San ONOFRE did not shut down. In fact, they were ever in danger. They kept going happily ever after. What happened is that the breaker, to use simple English, that connects Tge station to the grid disconnected before the feedback could do a thing.

But this is just lazy reporting. The kettle kept boiling water, driving the turbine. It was the last to rejoin the grid...since it is not quite happy about spikes. But damn that was some lazy reporting.

[Make7]

1. September 9, 2011: ...both units are in a normal shutdown configuration.

Edited to change subject line

AUTOMATIC REACTOR TRIP DUE TO A GRID DISTURBANCE

On September 8, 2011 at 1538 PDT, the San Onofre Units 2 and 3 reactors tripped due to a grid disturbance. All control rods fully inserted. The EFAS (Emergency Feed Actuation System) initiated as expected for a reactor trip. Steam generators are being fed by the main feedwater system and decay heat is being removed through the steam bypass system to the main condensers. There is no primary to secondary leakage and no safety relief valves lifted. Site electrical power sources are being fed from off-site power and both units are in a normal shutdown configuration. The emergency diesel-generators are in standby/operable status and were not required during the event. Both units are stable (NOT/NOP) and in Mode 3. The reactor trip response is considered uncomplicated.


http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/event/2011/20110909en.html2

[MineralMan]

2. Don't spoil the panic....

with facts. The San Onofre plant reacted automatically with appropriate safety measures. Thanks for posting actual information, rather than uninformed panic-generation.

Disclaimer: Nuclear power generation is not safe. It has never been safe and cannot be made to be safe.

[pintobean]

3. +1

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. What panic, shutdown does not mean they are

In cold shut down. At no moment there was any danger here.

They were still happy, just off the grid. So what panic? It was lazy reporting.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Yep, and.

Lazy reporting.