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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Fairewinds Newsletter October 31, 2012

Fairewinds Newsletter
October 31, 2012 

 

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SPECIAL EDITION PODCAST:  Hurricane Sandy Q&A

Oyster Crreek Nuclear Plant
 
October 30, 2012  | In this special edition Q&A podcast, Gundersen and Hurley discuss what effects Hurricane Sandy had on U.S. nuclear power plants, especially Oyster Creek. Gundersen explains how spent fuel pools are not configured to be cooled with diesel power in the event of a loss of offsite power. Oyster Creek and several other nuclear power plants did lose offsite power and Thomson Reuters reports that they may use fire pumps to cool the pools.
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GUNDERSEN ON DEMOCRACY NOW BEFORE HURRICANE SANDY LANDFALL

Gundersen on Democracy Now
 

Gundersen discusses the likelihood of nuclear plants in the path of Hurricane Sandy losing off-site electrical power. In this scenario, a plant would be forced to rely on backup diesel generators to cool the reactor. Gundersen says: "Its not a question of the winds from this hurricane blowing the plant down. It's a question of the loss of off-site power. That's exactly what happened after Fukushima Daiichi"

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