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"Duke Energy’s Brunswick nuclear plant, about 30 miles south of Wilmington, has declared a state of emergency as the 1,200-acre complex remains cut off by flood waters and and is inaccessible to outside personnel.
Just as we warned a week ago, The News & Observer reports, at this time, no one can come in and relieve the Duke Energy workers and NRC “storm riders” who have been on site for days, NRC spokesman Joey Ledford said. And it would not be possible to evacuate the 10-mile emergency evacuation zone around the site if a higher level of emergency were declared.
“None of the roads are passable,” Ledford said.
“The plant is safe. The reactors are in hot stand-by mode 3 shutdown.”
"But as Intellihub reports, The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is being tight-lipped about an “unusual event” which occurred at the Brunswick Nuclear Plant last Saturday which forced a “hot shutdown” of both the plant’s Generation IV-type reactors 1 and 2.
The NRC classified the emergency as an “unusual event” but provided little to no details on the situation.
Additionally, the NRC reports that weather conditions from Tropical Storm Florence are currently preventing workers from accessing the plant."
With Duke's spotless track record of being totally transparent about potential environmental impacts (cough, cough), I feel completely safe that they will manage this in the public's best interest.
With Duke's spotless track record of being totally transparent about potential environmental impacts (cough, cough), I feel completely safe that they will manage this in the public's best interest.
Why is the Nuclear Regulatory System being so "tight lipped"? I don't expect Duke to be transparent. I DO expect the NRC to let people know what's going on.
reading it, the unusual event which caused state of emergency (issued 2 days ago) could be about the waters from the Hurricane preventing them from using personal vehicles to access the plant. But I don't speak "nuclear plant".
reading it, the unusual event which caused state of emergency (issued 2 days ago) could be about the waters from the Hurricane preventing them from using personal vehicles to access the plant. But I don't speak "nuclear plant".
Apparently the NRC doesn't speak "nuclear plant" either.
There's nothing to this. the plant was shut down in advance of the hurricane (a fact that was widely publicized), and now the floodwaters have made it impossible for workers to get get to/from the plant. There are 250 employees on site and food has been helicoptered in to them. Not everything is a conspiracy.
There's nothing to this. the plant was shut down in advance of the hurricane (a fact that was widely publicized), and now the floodwaters have made it impossible for workers to get get to/from the plant. There are 250 employees on site and food has been helicoptered in to them. Not everything is a conspiracy.
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