{"id":6123,"date":"2013-10-17T14:36:07","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T18:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=6123"},"modified":"2013-10-17T14:39:39","modified_gmt":"2013-10-17T18:39:39","slug":"nrc-back-up-many-nukes-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/nrc-back-up-many-nukes-down.html","title":{"rendered":"NRC back up: many nukes down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/10332660043\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Newly down nukes\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3735\/10332660043_220f9964d7_m.jpg\" alt=\"Newly down nukes\"><\/a>\r\nNow that the NRC is back up, we can see all the nukes that\r\nwent down during the government shutdown: nine of them.\r\nIf they&#8217;re not safe to run without NRC looking over their shoulder,\r\nare they safe to run at all?\r\nAnd two came back up.\r\nWas that a prudent thing to do?\r\nMeanwhile, solar panels don&#8217;t need an NRC.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nEntergy&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/pilgrim-and-salem-nukes-scrammed-down.html\">\r\nchronically faulty Pilgrim 1<\/a>\r\nwas the last to fall during the shutdown,\r\nwhile Southern&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/potential-defects-shipped-to-farley-reactors-and-four-others.html\">\r\ndefect-shipped Farley 1<\/a>\r\nwas one of the first:\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/nrc\/reactor\/status\/newdown.timeline.php?zoomStartTime=2013-09-16&#038;zoomEndTime=2013-10-17\" title=\"Newly down nukes\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3735\/10332660043_220f9964d7_z.jpg\" alt=\"Newly down nukes\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p><!--more-->\r\n<table align=\"center\" style=\"width:50%;float:center\">\r\n<tr><td>30 Sep 2013<\/td><td>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/nrc\/reactor\/status\/saint-lucie-1.timeline.php\">\r\nSaint Lucie 1<\/a>,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/nrc\/reactor\/status\/farley-1.timeline.php\">\r\nFarley 1<\/a>,\r\nand\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/nrc\/reactor\/status\/beaver-valley-1.timeline.php\">\r\nBeaver Valley 1<\/a>\r\n<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>2 Oct 2013<\/td><td>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/nrc\/reactor\/status\/d.c.-cook-2.timeline.php\">\r\nD.C. Cook 2<\/a>\r\n<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>5 Oct 2013<\/td><td>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/nrc\/reactor\/status\/palo-verde-3.timeline.php\">\r\nPalo Verde 3<\/a>\r\n<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>8 Oct 2013<\/td><td>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/nrc\/reactor\/status\/clinton.timeline.php\">\r\nClinton<\/a>\r\n<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>12 Oct 2013<\/td><td>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/nrc\/reactor\/status\/oconee-2.timeline.php\">\r\nOconee 2<\/a>\r\nand\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/nrc\/reactor\/status\/hope-creek-1.timeline.php\">\r\nHope Creek 1<\/a>\r\n<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>14 Oct 2013<\/td><td>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/nrc\/reactor\/status\/sequoyah-1.timeline.php\">\r\nSequoyah 1<\/a>\r\n<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>15 Oct 2013<\/td><td>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/nrc\/reactor\/status\/pilgrim-1.timeline.php\">\r\nPilgrim 1<\/a>\r\n<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n<p>\r\nBack up:\r\nExelon&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/nrc\/reactor\/status\/braidwood-1.timeline.php\">\r\nBraidwood 1<\/a>\r\nin Illinois and\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/nrc\/reactor\/status\/wolf-creek-1.timeline.php\">\r\nWolf Creek 1<\/a>\r\nWolf Creek Nuclear&#8217;s \r\nin Kansas.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/nrc\/reactor\/status\/newtop.timeline.php?zoomStartTime=2013-09-16&#038;zoomEndTime=2013-10-17\" title=\"Newly up nukes\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3810\/10332662443_7cb6f948dd_z.jpg\" alt=\"Newly up nukes\"><\/a>\r\n<p>\r\nMy solar panels worked that whole time.\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Now that the NRC is back up, we can see all the nukes that went down during the government shutdown: nine of them. 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