OMG: The Netflex's Series 'House of Cards' is Back

Can it be more delicious with our ongoing crazy political season...the Trump Phenomena.

I think the Trump spectacle is washing out "House Of Cards".

As it stands now, I am voting for Trump...    


OMG: the President Underwood been shot and needs a new liver.

Junk Plant Seabroook Had Problems Controlling Steam Generator Level

Power Reactor	Event Number: 51765
Facility: SEABROOK Region: 1 State: NH Unit: [1] [ ] [ ] RX Type: [1] W-4-LP NRC Notified By: MIKE TAYLOR HQ OPS Officer: STEVEN VITTO	Notification Date: 03/02/2016 Notification Time: 18:13 [ET] Event Date: 03/02/2016 Event Time: 13:12 [EST] Last Update Date: 03/02/2016
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY 10 CFR Section: 50.72(b)(3)(iv)(A) - VALID SPECIF SYS ACTUATION	Person (Organization): WILLIAM COOK (R1DO)

Unit	SCRAM Code	RX CRIT	Initial PWR	Initial RX Mode	Current PWR	Current RX Mode
1	N	N	0	Hot Standby	0	Hot Standby

Event Text

VALID ACTUATION OF EMERGENCY FEEDWATER "On 3/2/2016, [at] 1312 hours EST, while in the process of a plant cooldown, a valid actuation of the emergency feedwater system (EFW) occurred when B steam generator levels were reduced to 20 [percent]. The lowering level was a result of the unanticipated tripping of the start up feed pump on low condensate storage level while it was the feed source to the steam generators. The start up feed pump was restarted and feed flow had been restored when the actuation took place. The EFW flow was secured per procedure and the start up feed pump remains the feed source to the steam generators. "This is reportable under 50.72(b)(3)(iv)(A). "The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector."

Drama Queen Junk Plant River Bend Increased Power from 1% to 4% in 24 Hours?

3/8

There you go: 100% 

Update 3/7

River Bend is at 84%. This is ridicules with the plant at 3% Thursday night and they are only at 84% on Monday. Can't wait for this painfully slow march to 100% power. Any bets when 100% power is reached? This guys shouldn't even be running.

Saturday 40% 

Sunday 93% (more like it)

Then a big down power today to 84% power.

Update 3/4

In another 24 hours last night, River Bend power is at 3%. They have gone down 1% in 24 hours.  Did it scram a second time? I wish power level was a gage I could touch, because I'd tap it on the side wondering if the needle is stuck.

Certainly what they are doing is safe, but not preparing the plant for start-up raises the question if the competent to safely operate the plant in the future.

There is massive budget cutting going on in the future. The NEI want to cut 35% from all plants. Is this behavior at River Bend going to be normalized at all USA plants. Is this our future?

So the worst plant in the nation ANO, today there are up to 100%. Did the designers of the plant consider a plant could hang at under 5 % power for days, or did was the plant designed where they could hangout at low power operations for days and weeks. I would think the safest would be to raise up from low power as fast as you can.  

Humm, recently ANO 2 and River Bend started up. ANO is at about 20% in 24 hours, while River Bend is at 4% in 24 hours.

 

Recap: I initiated two special inspection at River Bend last year. The second special inspection was over unreliable safety breakers. It took about a year for the lump to pass through the snake. The results came out in the last few weeks and it was damming.

Then River Bend shutdown subsequent to the special inspection over more unreliable safety breakers and extremely poor plant engineering. We discovered this yesterday thought a NRC mistake. The NRC disclosed through a mistake, the agency released highly confidential and a competitive information. It just wasn't one plant, the agency released confidential information nuclear industry wide. I think the NRC pressured River Bend to shutdown!

It was a very expensive shutdown and it lasted in excess of 10 days. Can things get worst?

At the end of 2/1, the plant was at 1%

 

At the end of 2/2, the plant was at 4% power.

 

It would be reckless for any plant to stay at these low power levels for 24 hours.

They must have scrammed or shutdown during 2/2/2016.

 

Does the NRC got Entergy rattled??? 

Junk Plant River Bend News: They Restated Last Night?

Junk Plant River Bend Shuts Down Over Junk Safety Breakers.

See new special inspection results?

Why didn't my special inspection early last year fix River Bend?  A totally ineffective NRC.

shutdown 2/17

Junk Plant Arkansas 2 Shutdowns Over Junk Leaking Check Valves

shutdown began 2/23?

Worst nuclear facility in the USA.

Giant NRC inspections began 1/27?

Did the army of NRC inspectors on site provoke the shutdown?

Junk Plant Fermi 2 Down Powers on Junk Heater Drain Parts

Junk Plant Seabrook Trips On Bum Transmission Work

Update 3/3

Equipment problem shuts down nuke plant 

 

SEABROOK — An equipment malfunction triggered the safe shutdown of NextEra Energy Seabrook nuclear power plant early yesterday morning, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

According to NRC Region I spokesman Neil Sheehan, at 2:53 a.m. Wednesday, Seabrook Station plant experienced an unplanned shutdown because a turbine tripped, or went offline.

“That triggered, as expected, a reactor shutdown,” he said. “The shutdown was uncomplicated. Turbines are considered to be the secondary, or non-nuclear, side of the facility.” 

Sheehan said the NRC’s resident inspectors assigned full-time to Seabrook Station were promptly notified about the shutdown. 
“The senior resident inspector responded to the plant, reviewed the sequence of events, performed visual inspections, and discussed the shutdown with key plant personnel.” Sheehan said. “The inspectors will continue to follow up on the company’s assessments of what occurred, (as well as) any repairs and planning for the restart of the unit.” 
The NRC monitors all happenings at the nation’s nuclear power plants, even when they are not related to the nuclear side of the plant. 
“We care about a turbine trip because it initiated the reactor trip,” Sheehan said. “And any time that occurs, you’re putting unnecessary stress on the (power plant’s) operators.”
NextEra Energy Seabrook spokesman Alan Griffith confirmed the plant’s shutdown. Griffith said the plant is designed to shut down when such issues occur to ensure safety, and it functioned appropriately Wednesday morning. 

As of yesterday afternoon, Griffith said, the exact cause of the equipment issue that triggered the shutdown had not yet been determined. 
“As safety is our highest priority,” Griffith said, “a complete and thorough analysis is being conducted on the exact cause of the shutdown. While there is no timetable, the plant will be returned to full power once repairs are completed.” 
Sheehan said along with plant personnel, the NRC’s resident inspectors will be involved in all aspects of the assessment.

 

 

So Seabrook tripped yesterday and why isn't this reported on?

So it happened last night at 02:52.

Check out how sensitive our grid is to the lost of Seabrook. It tripped around 3 am. It is getting doubtful the transmission work caused the trip. NEISO electricity has been pretty inexpensive this mild winter. This has made a lot of long term contracts bankrupt?

Power Reactor	Event Number: 51762
Facility: SEABROOK Region: 1 State: NH Unit: [1] [ ] [ ] RX Type: [1] W-4-LP NRC Notified By: ANDY CARAMIHALIS HQ OPS Officer: MARK ABRAMOVITZ	Notification Date: 03/02/2016 Notification Time: 04:27 [ET] Event Date: 03/02/2016 Event Time: 02:53 [EST] Last Update Date: 03/02/2016
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY 10 CFR Section: 50.72(b)(2)(iv)(B) - RPS ACTUATION - CRITICAL 50.72(b)(3)(iv)(A) - VALID SPECIF SYS ACTUATION	Person (Organization): WILLIAM COOK (R1DO)

Unit	SCRAM Code	RX CRIT	Initial PWR	Initial RX Mode	Current PWR	Current RX Mode
1	A/R	Y	100	Power Operation	0	Hot Standby

Event Text

TURBINE TRIP CAUSING A REACTOR TRIP "The turbine tripped for an unknown cause followed by a reactor trip. All systems are functioning as designed. Operators have transitioned out of the EOP [Emergency Operating Procedure] network into normal operating procedures. The plant is stable in mode 3." All control rods fully inserted during the trip and no safety or relief valves lifted. The plant is in its normal shutdown electrical lineup. Emergency Feedwater actuation occurred to restore steam generator levels. The plant expects to make a press release. The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector.

NRC Makes Huge Mistake Publishing Comments in Power Reactor Status Report

(Bet you the leap year was implicated with this???)

The NRC made a rare mistake yesterday. The published the comments  on the power reactor status report. Or did they do this on purpose. They usually wait 30 to 60 days for competitive reason to publish the comments.

My comments about this:

Indian Point 2: The coast down to refueling for the past month has been highly erratic.

Seabrook: Did the maintenence on the 345 line or its downpower cause the scram?

Pilgrim: they explain the computer upgrade has caused its downpower to 98%.

Fermi 2 junk: runback on junk heater drain parts.

Arkansan 2 shutdown: junk check valve parts.

*Grand Gulf: my bad, in refueling outage?

Junk Plant River Bend: problems with breakers. Did the NRC shut them down?

Power Reactor Status Report for March 1, 2016

Unit	Power	Down	Reason or Comment	Change in report (*)	Number of Scrams (#)
Beaver Valley 1	100			*
Beaver Valley 2	100			*
Calvert Cliffs 1	0	02/15/2016	REFUELING OUTAGE	*
Calvert Cliffs 2	100			*
FitzPatrick	100
Ginna	100
Hope Creek 1	100			*
Indian Point 2	81		COASTDOWN TO REFUELING OUTAGE	*
Indian Point 3	100
Limerick 1	94		COASTDOWN TO REFUELING OUTAGE	*
Limerick 2	100
Millstone 2	100
Millstone 3	100
Nine Mile Point 1	100
Nine Mile Point 2	100
Oyster Creek	100
Peach Bottom 2	100		100 MVAR RESTRICTION DUE TO TURBINE BEARING VIBRATIONS
Peach Bottom 3	100
Pilgrim 1	98		HOLDING POWER FOR PROCESS COMPUTER UPGRADE	*
Salem 1	100			*
Salem 2	100			*
Seabrook 1	100		DOWNPOWER CONTINGENCY DURING 345 kV LINE MAINTENANCE
Susquehanna 1	89		COASTDOWN TO REFUELING OUTAGE	*
Susquehanna 2	100			*
Three Mile Island 1	100			*

Region 2

Unit	Power	Down	Reason or Comment	Change in report (*)	Number of Scrams (#)
Browns Ferry 1	100
Browns Ferry 2	100
Browns Ferry 3	0	02/19/2016	REFUELING OUTAGE
Brunswick 1	0	02/26/2016	REFUELING OUTAGE	*
Brunswick 2	100
Catawba 1	100
Catawba 2	100
Farley 1	100
Farley 2	100
Harris 1	100
Hatch 1	0	02/07/2016	REFUELING OUTAGE
Hatch 2	100
McGuire 1	100
McGuire 2	100
North Anna 1	100
North Anna 2	89		COASTDOWN TO REFUELING OUTAGE
Oconee 1	100
Oconee 2	100
Oconee 3	100
Robinson 2	100
Saint Lucie 1	100
Saint Lucie 2	100
Sequoyah 1	100
Sequoyah 2	100
Summer	100
Surry 1	100
Surry 2	100
Turkey Point 3	100
Turkey Point 4	100
Vogtle 1	100
Vogtle 2	100
Watts Bar 1	100
Watts Bar 2	0

Region 3

Unit	Power	Down	Reason or Comment	Change in report (*)	Number of Scrams (#)
Braidwood 1	100
Braidwood 2	100
Byron 1	100
Byron 2	100
Clinton	99		100% ELECTRICAL CAPABILITY
D.C. Cook 1	100			*
D.C. Cook 2	100			*
Davis-Besse	85		COASTDOWN TO REFUELING OUTAGE	*
Dresden 2	100
Dresden 3	100
Duane Arnold	100
Fermi 2	58		RECEIVED POWER RUNBACK FROM LOSS OF HEATER DRAIN FLOW	*
La Salle 1	0	02/14/2016	REFUELING OUTAGE
La Salle 2	100
Monticello	100
Palisades	100
Perry 1	100			*
Point Beach 1	100
Point Beach 2	100
Prairie Island 1	100
Prairie Island 2	100
Quad Cities 1	100			*
Quad Cities 2	91		COASTDOWN TO REFUELING OUTAGE	*

Region 4

Unit	Power	Down	Reason or Comment	Change in report (*)	Number of Scrams (#)
Arkansas Nuclear 1	100
Arkansas Nuclear 2	0	02/23/2016	MAINTENANCE OUTAGE TO REPAIR CHECK VALVE LEAKAGE
Callaway	100
Columbia Generating Station	100
Comanche Peak 1	100
Comanche Peak 2	100
Cooper	100
Diablo Canyon 1	100
Diablo Canyon 2	100
Fort Calhoun	100
Grand Gulf 1	0	02/19/2016	REFUELING OUTAGE
Palo Verde 1	100
Palo Verde 2	100
Palo Verde 3	100
River Bend 1	0	02/17/2016	FORCED OUTAGE - BREAKER MAINTENANCE
South Texas 1	100
South Texas 2	100
Waterford 3	100
Wolf Creek 1	100