Illinois had a strange and interesting nuke happening

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


Area: USA, State of Illinois, Quad Cities Nuclear Generating Station, Cordoba

Description:


Operators at Exelon Nuclear’s Quad-Cities Generating Station declared an “unusual event” this morning after an apparent buildup of gases caused an explosion in a vestibule of an outbuilding. Shelly DeVore, plant spokeswoman, said there were no plant personnel in the area when the incident occurred about 3 a.m. There were no injuries or damage to equipment reported, and there was no radiological release. The incident did not impact the plant’s operations. Both units continue to operate at full power. According to Exelon, the outbuilding is located about 100 yards from the power generating part of the plant. It houses a rarely used tank and pump for storing floor drainable from the plant. “We believe there was a buildup of gases in the vestibule area that basically combusted and blew out that area,” DeVore said, adding that there was no actual fire reported. Exelon Nuclear reported the “unusual event,” the lowest of four emergency classifications defined by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, to federal, state and local officials as required. Located five miles north of Cordova, the Quad-Cities Generating Station produces more than 1,700 net megawatts of electricity, enough to power nearly 2 million homes.
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things shouldn't blow up at a nuke plant

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

1. No Fire, No Damage, No Injuries, No Radiation, No Impact To Operations, No Story.

:boring:

[ensho]

10. every time I say the word 'nuke' you show up

why is that?

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

14. Nope. Every Time You Post Something Alarmist And Laughable I Do.

This is a total non story that as usual you're trying to hype as something far more than it is. I love laughing at your threads!

[whathehell]

2. Sounds scary...When did this happen? n/t

[wtmusic]

3. Thousands of "unusual events" are reported every year

and it is the result of a well-regulated industry operating the way it should.

Worry when you don't see things like this reported.

[ensho]

4. your rosy glasses are pretty

things should not blow up at a nuke plant.

gasses should not build up in bldgs. at nuke plants.

[wtmusic]

5. Why thank you

Things blow up at coal plants too, you just never hear about them.

[bigtree]

7. well,

the disclosures are there to inform us. we should ask questions. I hate these posts which dismiss such questioning out of hand. I'll bet folks living next to this plant are asking questions. I'm not sure that comparing their nuke plant with a coal plant is going to satisfy them. Maybe there's more that will be revealed about the incident. Gases 'building up' at a nuke plant is worrying, even if there is an explanation.

[seemslikeadream]

9. excuse me but just HOW are we going to know "things like this happen"if they don't report them

:shrug:

[wtmusic]

15. For example, the way Chernobyl was "discovered"

by the Swedes:

"Swedish nuclear engineer Cliff Robinson was puzzled when the radiation detector went off as he tried to enter his office at the Forsmark nuclear power plant early in the morning of April 26, 1986.

Startled by a second alarm, he checked the radiation levels of a shoe and could not believe his eyes. Readings had soared and there were signs of radioactive substances never seen at Forsmark before.

"My first thought was that a war had broken out and that somebody had blown up a nuclear bomb," he told Reuters in an interview. "It was a frightening experience and of course we could not rule out that something had happened at Forsmark."

Robinson, first into the plant that day, immediately informed his boss. The alert that went out from Forsmark was the first the world heard of the emergency."

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9604/26/chernobyl/230pm/index2.html

[seemslikeadream]

16. Do I have to rely on some Canadian to tell me I'm in trouble?

[wtmusic]

17. No-that's why they're regulated and it seems to work so damn well

:D

[seemslikeadream]

18. What do you know about Vermont Yankee?

[Sirveri]

19. I tried to work there as an operator! Awesome people.

I really like the operations team they've got. Wasn't quite meant to be, I think they wanted a bit more experience or schooling under my belt before they hired me on. The only issue I have with ENVY is that they're an older BWR, which means the plant is probably not air conditioned so walking around it'll be crazy hot during the summer. If I were VT, I would seriously lay off of them, they are one of the more professional plants I've seen.

[LiberalHeart]

6. Radioactive leak at an Ohio nuke plant a few days ago. Pipe now repaired.

[Dogmudgeon]

8. No radioactive release, no injuries, no damage

But it made the news in Hungary!

Funny how http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/420328/cs/1/">a different kind of events are never reported. A thousand or more deaths each year. But next to zero news coverage.

--p!

[ensho]

11. RSOE reports all nuke happenings around the world because

ITS IMPORTANT

[TrogL]

12. Could be paint thinner or some other solvent

...washed down a floor drain then fumes ignited by a spark from a pump.

[Terran]

13. This is the kind of thing that, in movies,

heralds the appearance of flesh-eating mutants. I'm just sayin'.