{"id":537,"date":"2012-08-27T18:34:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T22:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/nuclear-plant-shut-for-two-weeks-in-connecticut-due-to-heat.html"},"modified":"2012-08-27T18:34:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-27T22:34:00","slug":"nuclear-plant-shut-for-two-weeks-in-connecticut-due-to-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/nuclear-plant-shut-for-two-weeks-in-connecticut-due-to-heat.html","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear plant shut for two weeks in Connecticut due to heat"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nEver heard of solar panels or windmills shutting down due to heat?
\nMe, neither.
\nNuclear plants, yes, such as Millstone unit 2 in Connecticut,
\nclosed for two weeks.\n<\/p>\n

\nAP wrote today,
\n
\nConn. nuclear plant unit reopens with cooler water<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n

\nConnecticut's nuclear power plant has returned to full service
\n
\n<\/a>
\nnearly two weeks after one of its two units was forced to shut down
\nbecause seawater used to cool it down was too warm.\n<\/p>\n

\n
\nMillstone Power Station<\/a> spokesman Ken Holt said Monday that Unit 2
\nreturned to 100 percent power Saturday. It shuttered Aug. 12 after
\nrecord heat in July contributed to overheated water from Long Island
\nSound.\n<\/p>\n

\nWater is used to cool key components of the plant and is discharged
\nback into the sound. The water's temperature was averaging 1.7
\ndegrees above the 75-degree limit.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe temperature has since dropped to 72 degrees, Holt said.\n<\/p>\n

\n"The water temperature cooled sufficiently to support operations and
\nthat, combined with the weather forecast, has given us the
\nconfidence to restart," he said.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nWait, wasn't the whole point of big distributed baseload power plants
\nsupposed to be reliable dependable power?\n<\/p>\n

\n

\nMillstone provides half of all power in Connecticut and 12 percent
\nin New England.\n<\/p>\n

\nSome scientists believe the partial Millstone shutdown was the first
\ninvolving a nuclear plant pulling water from an open body of water.
\nA few nuclear plants that draw water from inland sources have
\npowered down because of excessively warm water.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nTime to think again!
\nDistributed solar and wind power doesn't have this problem,
\nand a smart grid can get their power where it's needed.\n<\/p>\n

\n-jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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