Comment: Do you find the following statement strange: Power outage shuts down oldest nuke plant"? Unplanned shutdown at a Nuke Plant is dangerous and they have a problem with thunderstorms? Do we really trust Nuke Plants, NO!!
July 13, 2009
Associated Press
LACEY TOWNSHIP - The nation's oldest nuclear power plant is temporarily out of commission following an unplanned shutdown that occurred when severe storms knocked out electrical power to the Lacey Township facility early Sunday.
The Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station automatically shut down when thunderstorms knocked out power to the area at 1:35 a.m., and the plant declared an "unusual event" - the lowest level of alert - 15 minutes later.
The all-clear was sounded after electrical power was restored to the area at 4:05 a.m., but the plant remained off-line on Monday for equipment testing. No word on when it might be put back into service.
The plant got a new 20-year license in April. It will be 60 years old at the end of the license.
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Monday, July 13, 2009
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