Junk Plant Grand Gulf Restarted From 50 Day Outage...Lets Watch It Till 100% Power

Aug 27

Back up to 100%. Is my power watch finished.

Aug 24

87%

Aug 23

GG up to 94%.

River Bend down to 77.

But ANO all up to 100%.

Aug 22

I considered my watch on Grand Gulf over back on Aug 22. But they are down to 65% and River Bend is still at 70%. Such eradicate power operations... 

Aug 20

Well, Grand Gulf is finally at 100%. It sure took a long time to get there. River Bend is at 70%. It has been a long time since the board was all green for Entergy in region 4. 

Aug 16

GG 94%

River Bend 70%

Aug 15

Continuing capacity factor problems with Sothern's south-western fleet? 

GG 94%

now River Bend 70% 

Update Aug 10

9%

They must have fixed something. Almost there.  


Update Aug 9

68%

Not good, a little back sliding

The magnitude of this plant operating at less than 100% in the last few years is astonishing. These plants and components are not designed to be operated at less than 100%. They are supposed to zip up to 100% power.

Here is a example of going off the well warn engineering component design path. What kind of surprises can expect with this Grand Gulf dad behavior?  

Pipe Rupture at Surry Nuclear Plant Kills Four Workers

That monitoring program identified pipe wall thinning of two elbows on Unit 3 in 1980 that were replaced. Monitoring performed in March 1982 on Unit 2 identified substantial erosion in the piping elbow that ruptured three months later. But the thinning was accepted because it was less than the company’s criterion for replacement. It’s not been determined whether prolonged operation at reduced power between March and June 1982 caused more rapid wear than anticipated or whether the ultrasonic inspection in March 1982 may have missed the thinnest wall thickness.

Aug 8

GG 79%

Aug 5

GG 51% power

ANO is going off my watch at 98% power. I won't rule out a trip on the final 2% POWER. 

Aug 4

GG 59%

ANO 64%

Aug 3

GG 58%

ANO 65%


Aug 2

Here we go again. Grand Gulf 58%

ANO 64%

Update Aug 1

Grand Gulf 27%

ANO 64%

originally posted on 7/12...reposted. 

July 31

Can you even believe this horror show in the deep summer season. It is a disgrace. 

Grand Gulf 27%

ANO 64%

July 30

Grand Gulf 76%

ANO 64%


July 27

68%

ANO 64

Their washing gads and U 235 of money down the toilet.  

July 26

Good news. They must have fixed something. Up to 58% power. ANO is still stuck at 65% percent power. I bet you that 50 day outage was much more than 50 million dollars. The length and cost of the outage is a statement on how far in the hole the NRC allowed this plant get. As far as these plants being not being fully prepared for full plant operations in the middle of the summer, this is a disgrace.   

July 25

Stuck at 24% power. One of the ANO plants has been stuck at 65% for two days. 

July 24

24% power

July 23

Big progress, not. 27% power

Update July 20

17% Power-highly abnormal startup. 

Update July 19

15% power today. These guys are getting deeper into poor performance.  

Update July 18

Stuck at 14%

Update July 17

14% power and losing money badly!!!

Update July 16

Took my advice a little. Must be on the turbine bypass. Been at about 16% all weekend. How can these guys even make money? During the last few years Grand Gulf has a horrifical capacity factor.    

Update July 13

Don't forget about Entergy-ANO's very troublesome startup from the their outage. This is a indication corporate Entergy is heavily wheezing over their nuclear financial pressures.    

Stuck at 3%. Am I a prophet or what? This plant should have been completely ready for startup. It wasn't. They weren't ready to begin pulling rods. Hanging around the low power levels is really unprofessional and unsafe. The plants weren't really designed for this. They are supposed to zip up deep into the power range. This increases the risk of a meltdown and the severely of the off site releases.     

***1% Power Today.

Lets see if they are any better than their sister Plant ANO?