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Braidwood - Emergency Shutdown Likely Happened
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Moderator  Joined: Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:40 pm Posts: 2891 Location: Illinois 
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I believe due to this storm Braidwood Nuclear Power Plant likely had an emergency shutdown.
Nuclear plants release more radiation during an emergency shutdown than they do during a regular scheduled shutdown. http://patch.com/illinois/tinleypark/severe-weather-headed-chicago-area _________________ MY OUTSIDE RADIATION MONITORING STATION: South Beloit, Illinois - GMC200 Outside on HEPA air purifier, ground level, facing West. http://netc.com/chart/view.php?n=1%3AEB5A139C |
| Tue Jun 23, 2015 12:03 am |
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 Joined: Sun Nov 24, 2013 5:14 pm Posts: 417
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Did you see any damage?
I hope everyone is ok up there... ...your reads look good today but all that water will trap some of the particulates, giving the area a break from floating dust and pollen. Cleaned the air for a little while, at least there is a upside to this kind of loss from bad weather. Hope you and yours are ok... _________________ LP / http://lamarsworldmall.com/weather View my other posts here: https://www.netc.com/bb/search.php?keyw ... mit=Search netc.com (donate will ya?)... |
| Tue Jun 23, 2015 10:35 am |
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Moderator Joined: Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:40 pm Posts: 2891 Location: Illinois
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The storms fell just South of me.
I just looked and Braidwood NPP is at 100% so maybe it didn't shutdown last night during the storms. _________________ MY OUTSIDE RADIATION MONITORING STATION: South Beloit, Illinois - GMC200 Outside on HEPA air purifier, ground level, facing West. http://netc.com/chart/view.php?n=1%3AEB5A139C |
| Tue Jun 23, 2015 11:14 am |
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Joined: Sun Nov 24, 2013 5:14 pm Posts: 417
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yea... maybe... scary stuff!
hope it's true... Good to know you didn't (and hopefully none) get hurt... The reads your way look good today... _________________ LP / http://lamarsworldmall.com/weather View my other posts here: https://www.netc.com/bb/search.php?keyw ... mit=Search netc.com (donate will ya?)... |
| Tue Jun 23, 2015 4:03 pm |
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Moderator Joined: Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:40 pm Posts: 2891 Location: Illinois
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Well there was lots of damage done. Here is a very interesting news cast showing the previous storms tornado path along with todays/Wednesdays predicted severe storm path. Yes, a repeat of Mondays storm is predicted. http://youtu.be/J-NnoGnNbag
_________________ MY OUTSIDE RADIATION MONITORING STATION: South Beloit, Illinois - GMC200 Outside on HEPA air purifier, ground level, facing West. http://netc.com/chart/view.php?n=1%3AEB5A139C |
| Wed Jun 24, 2015 7:31 am |
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Moderator Joined: Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:40 pm Posts: 2891 Location: Illinois
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I just found more information that says the Braidwood Nuclear Power Plant continued to run during the storm Monday night.
Quote: The same storm, while still tornado-warned, tore down high-tension power lines to the Braidwood Nuclear Power Station in Braidwood, Illinois. The station continued to produce electricity, Exelon Nuclear reported. Source http://www.accuweather.com/en/features/trend/tornadoes_rip_across_illinois/49143062 _________________ MY OUTSIDE RADIATION MONITORING STATION: South Beloit, Illinois - GMC200 Outside on HEPA air purifier, ground level, facing West. http://netc.com/chart/view.php?n=1%3AEB5A139C |
| Wed Jun 24, 2015 7:57 am |
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Moderator Joined: Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:40 pm Posts: 2891 Location: Illinois
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Clearly the plant couldn't have lost all their power lines during the storm, because they had to offload that power somewhere.
_________________ MY OUTSIDE RADIATION MONITORING STATION: South Beloit, Illinois - GMC200 Outside on HEPA air purifier, ground level, facing West. http://netc.com/chart/view.php?n=1%3AEB5A139C |
| Wed Jun 24, 2015 8:00 am |
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Joined: Sun Nov 24, 2013 5:14 pm Posts: 417
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Yepper...
...another very scary part of the nuke power prob.. You gotta spin it down or risk all that magnetic energy building up and causing a fire or explosion. If ya can't send it down the line (so to speak) It'll make your hair stand up yards away, overheat the generators and generally cause a (heat/fire) prob for sure... Most can't imagine the forces involved. Here's some fun stuff... http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/1482 ... m-thin-air Here's some info for your area KC... http://dels.nas.edu/resources/static-as ... resent.pdf Anyway gotta go but check em (the links above) out to get a better idea of what we can be up against at any time... _________________ LP / http://lamarsworldmall.com/weather View my other posts here: https://www.netc.com/bb/search.php?keyw ... mit=Search netc.com (donate will ya?)... |
| Fri Jun 26, 2015 9:10 pm |
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