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bananas

(27,509 posts)
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 06:50 PM Mar 2016

Fire At Oconee Nuclear Station

Source: WYFF TV



Oconee County Emergency Management Officals have confirmed to WYFF News 4 that there was a fire at the Oconee Nuclear Station. The Station has declared an "unusual event." OCEM officials say there is no public threat at this time.

The Oconee Nuclear Station is owned by Duke Energy and has been online since 1973.

We will continue to update this page as details become available.

UPDATE: OCEM director Scott Krein tells WYFF News 4 crews on the scene that the fire is out and has been contained. Krein says a transformer caught fire and burned for approximately half an hour before multiple local fire crews arrived on scene. The plant facilities were not evacuated and no nuclear material is in danger of being released. Oconee County Fire officials say that Unit 1 at the plant was shut down as a precaution. Fire and emergency management units remain on scene investigating the exact cause.

Read more: http://www.wyff4.com/news/fire-at-oconee-nuclear-station/38371590



As we saw at Fukushima, reactors need electricity to shut down without melting down.
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Fire At Oconee Nuclear Station (Original Post) bananas Mar 2016 OP
Wher is this? awake Mar 2016 #1
Wikipedia says near Seneca, South Carolina: Ptah Mar 2016 #2
Near Seneca, SC nt BooScout Mar 2016 #3
South Carolina bananas Mar 2016 #4
just a matter of time stonecutter357 Mar 2016 #5
Forgetting the nuke aspect of things, transformer fires are NASTY. eggplant Mar 2016 #6
every nuclear power plant should have alternate electricity supply for emergencies questionseverything Mar 2016 #7
Normally they have diesel generators, which covers any weather. NutmegYankee Mar 2016 #8
yes for about 4 hours questionseverything Mar 2016 #9
No, the diesels have enough fuel for weeks. NutmegYankee Mar 2016 #10
with a system as dangerous as nuclear,the back up system should be redundant questionseverything Mar 2016 #11
Wind mills will never be approved. NutmegYankee Mar 2016 #12
you wouldn't think they would be so dumb as to lose their fuel either,yet they were questionseverything Mar 2016 #13
Yummy, who likes a nice bit of Red Herring Fallacy in their diet today. NutmegYankee Mar 2016 #14

eggplant

(3,893 posts)
6. Forgetting the nuke aspect of things, transformer fires are NASTY.
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 09:24 PM
Mar 2016

I hate to imagine what the runoff from the firefighting effort will do to the local waterway. Ugh.

questionseverything

(9,631 posts)
9. yes for about 4 hours
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 11:43 PM
Mar 2016

as we saw with fu that was not enough

windmills would be a win/win

producing power when everything is going right,producing power when everything goes wrong

as high up as they are built now there are very few places that don't get a breeze at 300 ft

NutmegYankee

(16,177 posts)
10. No, the diesels have enough fuel for weeks.
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 11:45 PM
Mar 2016

What happened at Fukushima is the diesels were destroyed by the Tsunami. The BATTERIES lasted 4 hours, because they are designed to cover the period between blackout and diesel startup.

questionseverything

(9,631 posts)
11. with a system as dangerous as nuclear,the back up system should be redundant
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 11:50 PM
Mar 2016

what never failed during the fu disaster was the wind mills

NutmegYankee

(16,177 posts)
12. Wind mills will never be approved.
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 11:52 PM
Mar 2016

Too much variability. It could be a high pressure day with calm winds. And the winds has to be moving fast to produce enough electricity for pumps.

No Nuclear agency anywhere would be so dumb as to rely on windmills.

questionseverything

(9,631 posts)
13. you wouldn't think they would be so dumb as to lose their fuel either,yet they were
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 11:58 PM
Mar 2016

Melted nuclear fuel from Fukushima disaster is missing, company says


Source: Associated Press

Naohiro Masuda, the Chief Decommissioning Officer of the Fukushima nuclear plant, said on Wednesday that operators have yet to locate where the melted nuclear fuel has gone, five years after the meltdown caused by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

“There are melted fuels in units 1, 2 and 3,” Masuda said. “Frankly, we do not really know what the situation is for these (melted fuel), nor where it has gone.”
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