Where there was black smoke in the turbine building there was fire
that shut down a nuclear plant Friday.
It’s still down today, with no estimate on uptime.
This is after Callaway was shut down most of April and May due to
an electrical fault that “injured or affected” four people.
It’s only been up most of 4 months out of the past 6.
Not so reliable, this baseload nuclear, is it?

Margaret Gillerman wrote for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch 27 July 2013,

Callaway nuclear plant shut down after a small fire,

FULTON, MO. • Callaway County’s nuclear plant has been shut down
since shortly before midnight Friday when a small fire broke out in
the turbine building, authorities said.

No one was injured.

“No personnel were hurt, and no radioactivity was
released” above normal operating limits, Barry Cox, senior
director of nuclear operations at Callaway, said Saturday. Cox said
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