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Fukushima USA? A Dozen Nuclear Plants In Hurricane Sandy’s Path
Saturday, October 27, 2012 8:32
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The following lists the nuclear reactors and utilities in Sandy’s potential path.
While we don’t foresee any problems, the risk of nuclear accident in the U.S. is actually much greater than it was in Japan before Fukushima.
For example, fuel pools in the United States store an average of ten times moreradioactive fuel than stored at Fukushima, and have virtually no safety features.
Let’s review the list and look at examples of problems experienced by the nuclear plants in Hurricane Sandy’s path:
- Brunswick experienced a reactor coolant system leak last year
- Surry has recently been plagued by problems with the coolant system, valvesand damage from a tornado
- North Anna leaked tritium last year after an earthquake shook the plant and shifted around a gigantic radioactive storage cask
- Calvert Cliffs was knocked offline by the last hurricane
- Hope Creek has suffered security problems, has the same design as the Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1, has “some of the same issues with above-ground storage of spent fuel rods as Fukushima” and “was designed to withstand certain major weather events but we need to look at the potential impacts of more extreme events, especially … sea level rise and flooding”
- Peach Bottom purportedly has a defective design and has been plagued by various problems
- Limerick has suffered electrical and other issues
- Three Mile Island suffered another leak in the cooling system last month
- Susquehanna has been hit with one problem after another
- Oyster Creek has been plagued with electrical and other problems
- Indian Point is widely recognized as one of the nation’s worst nuclear plants. If Indian Point melted down, it could close New York City for years, and cost half a trillion dollars or more
- Millstone’s vulnerability is shown by the fact that it was shut down due to warm seawater
- Pilgrim has numerous structural problems. And see this. Pilgrim’s spent fuel pools contain more radioactive cesium than released by Fukushima, Chernobyl and all nuclear bomb tests combined
- Vermont Yankee – which has around 10 times more spent fuel rods than any of the individual Fukushima reactors – leaked tritium
Jesus Christ. Reason number 1,324,658 to get rid of nuclear power plants.
Fear mongering… These plants have all been hit by stronger storms before. “Frankenstorm” is also nothing but fear mongering. There hasn’t been a big, in the news hurricane this year yet, and this very well could be one of the last chances for one.
Just curious, why do people have to call this storm Frankenstorm? That is so childish like, but thanks for the information!
It’s the same generation that grew up on “Frankenfoods” (GMO’s) such as Frankenberry Cereal, the strawberry flavor frosted cereal with spooky-fun marshmallows, Frankenfish (genetically engineered fish) while sporting a Frankenwatche (ie; Diesel Dz4160).
Nuclear Power Plants are safe. Some people dont have a clue on anything!
If nuclear power plants are safe, then please explain the Fukushima catastrophe ???
It is far fetched to call it a catastrophe given that the Fukushima melt down was slow enough where individuals exposed to radiation was minimized, appropriate areas were evacuated, and no one to this day (to my knowledge) has died because of unexpected exposure to nuclear material.
Nuclear power plants are, in fact, quite safe. In the case of planned storms/natural events, they can safely be shut down and operate at minimum staff/power usage to maintain proper flow of cooling water.
Fukushima, mind you, has endured many very strong earthquakes before it took what is a very large tsunami to knock it out: hardly an example of safety failure.
It took what can be called a once in a lifetime earthquake followed by a once in a lifetime tsunami at a particular region of the world to cause it to fail.
I’d take those odds for a power station that can provide electricity for 3 million homes a day if only we can solve the nuclear waste problem. I hear the moon is a good place to store spent nuclear waste.