Fl. has a nuke plant event

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http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php


Florida Power & Light employees heard a loud bang Thursday (11th Aug. 2011) at the utility's Turkey Point nuclear plant near Miami when a large valve carrying water unexpectedly closed, turning off a cooling system for one of the reactors, according to a Nuclear Regulatory Commission report on the incident. FPL employees followed their procedures, immediately opening one of two backup valves to fix the issue within 20 minutes, said FPL Spokesman Mike Waldron. This situation did not impact our ability to operate safely, he wrote in an email. The noise was caused by the two-feet wide valve closing. Federal regulators say they havent determined the safety significance of the incident yet but NRC Spokesman Joey Ledford said he doesn't think it will be considered serious because they didn't shut down the reactor, as nuclear operators often do to be on the safe side when problems arise. Ledford said the system cools
important equipment and "it is a concern when the component cooling water system is not working, Ledford said. We are very closely observing the repair efforts and we're looking into this in depth to see if there's a need for regulatory action.
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1. kick because they haven't "determined the safety significance

of the incident yet"