US Nuclear Industry foibles ...... While Fukushima is Japan's debacle , what about the potential debacles here in the US ?

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Calvert Cliffs Nuke Plant Shuts Down Mysteriously

Thursday, May 9, 2013 19:12

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The Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power plant inMaryland mysteriously shut down late Wednesday night and authorities still have no idea what caused one of two reactors there to shut down. The automatic safety system kicked into action after turbine #2 shut down and as of this moment, the reactor is off and is said to be in ‘stable’ condition. 

One of two reactors at the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in Southern Maryland shut down suddenly Wednesday night after an as-yet-unexplained malfunction, a Constellation spokesman said.

Unit 2 went offline at 9:47 p.m. after a shutdown of the turbine that generates electricity from the nuclear reactor, according to Kory Raftery, spokesman for the Constellation Energy Nuclear Group. Some valves feeding steam to the turbine closed unexpectedly, triggering its shutdown, Raftery explained, and that led to the reactor itself shutting down to prevent a buildup of steam pressure in its cooling system.

We’re looking at every possible option right now and at this point in time wouldn’t want to speculate,” he said. He wouldn’t predict when the reactor would resume operations, saying plant operators first needed to identify the cause of the shutdown, fix it and test to be sure.

The video below, released back in March of 2013, shares that there is now consideration in Maryland to build another nuclear reactor at the Calvert Cliffs plant location.

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