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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Too hot for nuclear power?


Too hot for nuclear power?
SouthCoastToday.com
FILE - This March 18, 2003 aerial file photo shows the Millstone nuclear power facility in Waterford, Conn. Federal energy regulators said Monday, Aug. 13, 2012 that the nuclear power plant shut down one of two units Sunday because water from Long ...

Excessively warm water after hot July forces Connecticut nuclear plant to shut unit

Washington Post -
HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut's nuclear power plant shut one of two units on Sunday because seawater used to cool down the plant is too warm. Unit 2 of Millstone Power Station has occasionally shut for maintenance or other issues, but in its 37-year ...

Warm seawater forces Conn. nuclear plant shutdown

Boston Globe -
... are cited as reasons water from Long Island Sound has. steve miller/associated press/file 2003. A mild winter and hot July are cited as reasons water from Long Island Sound has become too warm for Millstone Power Station in Connecticut, a nuclear plant, ...

Cooling Stymies Reactor

Wall Street Journal -
By TENNILLE TRACY · Dominion Resources Inc. was forced to shut down a nuclear-power generator at a plant in Connecticut after the water in nearby Long Island Sound, used to cool various pieces of equipment, got too warm to use. Dominion pulled the ...

Heat Shuts Down a Coastal Reactor

New York Times (blog) -
A reactor at the Millstone nuclear plant in Waterford, Conn., has shut down because of something that its 1960s designers never anticipated: the water in Long Island Sound was too warm to cool it. Under the reactor's safety rules, the cooling water can be no ...

Warm Water Forces Connecticut Nuclear Plant Unit Shutdown -AP

Fox Business -
The Millstone nuclear power plant in Connecticut was forced to halt one of its two units because the seawater used to cool them was too warm, the Associated Press reported Monday. The water, from Long Island Sound, was averaging 1.7 degrees above the ...

Hot LI Sound water forces Millstone unit shutdown

Boston.com -
HARTFORD, Conn.—Connecticut's nuclear power plant has shut down one of two units because water from Long Island Sound used to operate the plant is too hot following the hottest July on record. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Millstone Power ...

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