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Salem 1 nuke back up in NJ

No, that can’t be: NRC hasn’t said it’s up
after

Salem 1 was scrammed down last week..
Of course, NRC never posts

events or

status on weekends, no matter
what’s down, up, or on fire.

Bill Gallo Jr. wrote for the South Jersey Times yesterday,

Salem 1 nuclear reactor returns to service after faulty valve is repaired,



The Salem 1 nuclear reactor was returned to service today, less than
48 hours after a leaking valve caused the plant to be shut down.

The plant began sending electricity out over the regional power grid
at 4:47 p.m. today, according to Joe Delmar, spokesman for the
reactor’s operator, PSEG Nuclear….

On Thursday, operators became aware Continue reading →

Pilgrim and Salem nukes scrammed down

Two nukes down Friday:
“lowering reactor water level was due to the trip of all three Feedwater Pumps”
(Pilgrim 1 in Massachusetts) and “unidentified leakage” (Salem 1 in New Jersey).
That’s the fifth downtime for Entergy’s Pilgrim 1 this year:

cold, heat, leak, and now feedwater pumps.
Remind me about the reliability and safety of big baseload nuclear?


Pilgrim 1 and Salem 1 down 23 August 2013


Event Number: 49296 Facility: PILGRIM,

REACTOR PROTECTION ACTUATION (SCRAM)

“On Thursday, August 22, 2013 at 0755 hours [EDT], with the reactor
critical at approximately 98% core thermal power, and the mode
switch in RUN, a manual reactor scram was inserted due to lowering
reactor water level. The cause of the lowering reactor water level
was due to the trip of all three Feedwater Pumps. The cause of the
Feedwater Pump trip event is currently under investigation.

“Following the reactor scram, Continue reading →