Nuclear Plant Taken Down In Anticipation of Snowstorm

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday February 15, 2015 @01:33PM from the too-much-to-shovel dept.

mdsolar writes Pilgrim Power Plant in Plymouth was taken offline in anticipation of the weekend snowstorm. According to a statement from Entergy, the owner of Pilgrim, the plant was taken off line in preparation of "a potential loss of offsite power or the grid's inability to accept the power Pilgrim generates." This is the second time this season the plant has been shut down due to storm conditions. On January 27 the facility was taken offline after the two main power transmission lines were knocked out by blizzard conditions. Although the transmission lines were restored within a few days, the plant remained offline until February 7 at which time it was reconnected to the grid.

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A precaution when done ahead of time. by Anonymous Coward · 2015-02-15 13:37 · Score: 5, Insightful

An emergency measure when done after the fact.
Re:The U.S.A. is now a third world country by Anonymous Coward · 2015-02-15 13:42 · Score: 5, Informative

If such a thing happened in Canada you can be sure we wouldn't take over a week to repair the government-owned power lines.
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Re:mdsolar strikes again by Tailhook · 2015-02-15 15:23 · Score: 5, Informative

You are attempting to discredit this story by maligning the submitter.
The story is FUD. That's mdsolar's MO; post transparently stupid, fear mongering stories about nuclear power. He deserves to be maligned; he's earned it.

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