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Urgent Nuclear Warning for New York! 10 Control Rods Fall Into Nuclear Reactor Core @ Buchanan N.Y.(Video)
7 Dec 15
What is up with all of these supposed “accidents?” with nuclear plants lately? Government Shutdown of a US Nuclear Plant at Indian Point in Buchanan New York after 10 control rods fall into a Nuclear reactor core caused by a smoldering event
Gov’t: Shutdown at U.S. nuclear plant after 10 control rods accidentally fall into reactor core — Caused by ‘smoldering’ event, Fire Brigade on scene — Incident of this type could lead to overheating, potentially resulting in ‘supercriticality’ — Official: No ‘immediate’ concern
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Event Notification Reports, Dec 7, 2015 (emphasis added): MANUAL REACTOR TRIP INITIATED DUE TO MULTIPLE DROPPED CONTROL RODS — At 1731 [EST] on December 5, 2015, Indian Point Unit 2 Control Room operators initiated a Manual Reactor Trip due to indications of multiple dropped Control Rods. The initiating event was a smoldering Motor Control Center (MCC) cubicle in the Turbine Building that supplies power to the Rod Control System… The affected cubicle has ceased smoldering and is being monitored by on-site Fire Brigade trained personnel… The cause of the smoldering MCC is being investigated and a post reactor trip evaluation is being conducted by the licensee… The licensee has notified the NRC Resident Inspector and appropriate State and Local authorities.
The Journal News, Dec 7, 2015: One of Indian Point’s two nuclear reactors will remain shut down for the next couple of days following a power loss on Saturday, a company spokesman said Sunday. Unit 2 was powered down around 5:20 p.m. Saturday by operators after about 10 control rods “dropped” into the reactor core, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Committee… Neel Sheehan, a spokesperson for the NRC, said a preliminary investigation indicated the problem stemmed from a sudden power loss to the mechanism holding the rods. The plant’s control rods, made of materials that can absorb neutrons, are used to control the fissioning of atoms that generate power… Government inspectors visited Indian Point on Saturday and Sunday. “No immediate concerns were identified,” Sheehan said in an e-mail, adding that inspectors would return to the site “to follow up on troubleshooting, repair activities and restart planning.”
Gothamist, Dec 6, 2015: In a statement, Gov. Cuomo… said he’s sending a team from the Department of Public Service to investigate the incident and monitor the process of bringing the reactor back online.
Several control rods also appear to have dropped at Virginia’s North Anna nuclear power plant after an earthquake in 2011:
- U.S. NRC Event Notification, Aug 29, 2011: EMERGENCY DECLARED… North Anna Power Station declared an Alert due to significant seismic activity
- U.S. NRC email, Sept 2011: RE: North Anna… At this point, it appears that the grippers for several of the control rods deenergized and dropped.
- Westinghouse patent: A dropped rod… will initially result in a reduction in the total power generated by the core. The reactor will then attempt to meet the load… byincreasing power in the remainder of the core which could lead to local overheatingelsewhere in the core.
- Satoshi Sato, Nuclear Engineer, April 28, 2015 (emphasis added): “I don’t know if you remember, there was the earthquake in 2011 in Virginia. That was a big one… enough to cause vibration to the North Anna reactor resulting in a big spike of neutron flux — orreactor power… and somehow caused the additional radioactivity into the core. So that’ssomething scary, potentially resulting in a supercriticality.” (IEER: “The neutron spike accompanying a sudden supercriticality can lead to an explosion of the reactor core. It is this sort of event which occurred at the Chernobyl reactor”) SOURCE
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Seriously, you are no genius. Leave the nuclear stuff to us pros. Controls rods shut down the core by absorbing neutrons. If only some of them drop, while the core remains critical, it can cause a shift in the flux density within the core. This can lead to localized areas of the core becoming overheated due to those areas becoming supercritical, or in laymans terms, raising power. You want to know how they shut the core down? Get this, they dropped all the rods in, not just 10. This is considered an incident because it is an unplanned change in core reactivity, not because it is an accident that could have turned out anything like Fukushima.
Control rods slow neutrons enabling fission to take place rather than visa versa, it is dropping the fuel rods into the reactor when they shatter which is the real problem, to shut the reactor down the fuel is actively cooled by water and each rod removed and placed into storage. Usually in a storage pond nearby, at which point the control rods can be retrieved.
Reactors spend 30% of their lives under maintenance for safety reasons, such as this incident. It is only when this is skipped do they melt down due to line manager mentality, safety critical systems are not there to be efficiency saved and operated by non specialists who ignore safeguards. Therefore time to worry is when the rods fall into the reactor and it is kept going while the incident is not reported or forgotten until almost all the rods are frozen in the reactor because it would cost too much to stop production. Well worry is hardly the word, put the paper bag over the head and lie down, Its all over.
Fuel rods, they are actually bundles if fuel pellet filled tubs, are not moved, except during times of refueling. Shutting down the core needs no movement of the fuel, it is accomplished completely by inserting the control rods. Routine maintenance cannot be skipped, nor can regular refueling shutdowns. The core gets to a point were there is just not enough positive reactivity to maintain criticality.
We have had one real incident in the US, and it was Three Mile Island. While the core was destroyed, the impact to the surrounding area in terms of radiation released or danger to the population was almost non-existent.