What happens when the water’s too warm
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August 13, 2012, 20:41
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Coldstone Creamery, Ken Holt, Long Island Sound, Millstone, Millstone Power Station, nuclear plant, nuclear power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Coldstone Creamery, Ken Holt, Long Island Sound, Millstone, Millstone Power Station, nuclear plant, nuclear power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Millstone nuke plant shuts down, unable to cool reactors with excessively warm seawater; Coldstone Creamery closes early, unable to cool iced treats with excessively warm coldstones.
Unit 2 of Millstone Power Station has occasionally shut for maintenance or other issues, but in its 37-year history it has never gone down due to excessively warm water, spokesman Ken Holt said on Monday.
Water from Long Island Sound is used to cool key components of the plant and is discharged back into the sound. The water cannot be warmer than 75 degrees and following the hottest July on record has been averaging 1.7 degrees above the limit, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said.
via Warm Seawater Forces Conn. Nuclear Plant Shutdown – ABC News.
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