Richdude wrote on Sep 18
th, 2018 at 6:38am:
[i] Sadly I can read the minds of these lunatics and their minions in the media. It takes weeks for a reactor to cool day not hours as reported in the lying fake news.[/i] The media has had a news bl
The aptly named Cape Fear River is still rising.
Emergency declared at Brunswick nuclear power plant in North Carolina… all personnel blocked from entering the facility as “hot shutdown” under way
Monday, September 17, 2018 by: Mike Adams
Tags: Brunswick, emergency, FEMA, Flooding, hot shutdown, Hurricane Florence, NRC, nuclear meltdown, nuclear power, storm
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Image: Emergency declared at Brunswick nuclear power plant in North Carolina… all personnel blocked from entering the facility as “hot shutdown” under way
(Natural News) The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has declared a state of emergency for both units of the Brunswick nuclear power facilities in North Carolina. An “unusual event” has occurred which is interfering with the ongoing “hot shutdown” of the nuclear power plants (a process which takes several weeks to complete).
Full details of the event are found at this NRC.gov nuclear power plant alert page, which states:
UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO SITE CONDITIONS PREVENTING PLANT ACCESS
“A hazardous event has resulted in on site conditions sufficient to prohibit the plant staff from accessing the site via personal vehicles due to flooding of local roads by Tropical Storm Florence.”
Notified DHS SWO, FEMA OPS, and DHS NICC. Notified FEMA NWC, NuclearSSA, and FEMA NRCC via email.
In other words, the Brunswick power facilities can no longer be accessed by workers and technicians even as they are running a “hot shutdown” which requires human oversight.
The Brunswick power plants, in other words, are running blind.
Rich, do you even care that the bulk of your post is entirely wrong?
It's coming from a source that is pro-coal and anti-everything else when it comes to power generation.
The plant is not running blind.
All but one of the access roads were either cut by flood waters or fallen trees. Access is being restored to the roads cut by fallen trees and the flood waters are being monitors.
The plant was already shut down before the Hurrican and was in a hot-standby state so it could quickly resume operations if safe.
Officials said the plant is accessible from one route due to the floodwaters. However, because there are not multiple routes available the plant was placed under an “unusual event,” which is the lowest alert level under Nuclear Regulatory Commission guidelines.
Because of the current situation, they're initiating a full shutdown.
The plant itself has been unaffected, but due to possible increases flood levels and issues accessing to the plant, they're following regulations and have declared an"unusual event" in accordance with NRC guidelines and are shutting it down.
The staff are staying at the plant in cots using portable toilets because the water was shut off. They have food, drinking water and other supplies, all of this planned for well in advance.
None of what you have said is correct.
Are you that partisan that you don't care that you're spreading fake news?
My advice to anyone who bothers to read the posts by Trump supporters (or really anyone, but especially Trump supporters), fact check their claims. It's not hard.