Our main artery to Brattleboro is cut off including emergency assistance between towns, hospitals, ambulances, jobs and I 91. The drive around to get to Brattleboro is going to take upwards of 45 minutes. This drastically increased burdened is going to be felt mostly by the poor and weak.
I'll be taking pictures of the most involved areas after 5 pm when worked has stopped.
I really feel sorry I couldn't stop these troubles for Hinsdale and the surrounding community. I tried as hard as I could to prevent this.
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Bridge Angel: Grossly Failed Bridge Inspection-Corruption-Facing A Year Shutdown Of Our Bridge
NH Head Bridge Engineer
Mr. Boodey,I hear the Brattleboro- Hinsdale route 119 bridge is in near a state of collapse. Within a day of the startup of the inspection, they discovered massive damage to the members and cross arms underneath the deck. Right where all those terrible vibrations are.So a contractor is doing the inspection today and in the recent past the NHDOT have done the shoddy inspections. You absolutely know this kind of damage takes years to develop...especially the perilous condition in recent years. That bridge has been unsafe for over 5 years and NHDOT has been submitting fraudulent bridge inspection. It is obviously corrupt and fraudulent bridge inspections being done by the NHDOT for political reasons. This should be referred to the to the NH Attorney General. I saved lives with my campaign on this bridge. You and your agency are a disgrace to your profession!!! I understand we a facing a refurbishment to the tune of a bridge shutdown for months, to a half year, a year or more?We need a emergency/expedited rescheduling of the new bridge build. We need new construction to start right now !!!Sincerely,Mike MulliganHinsdale, NH
Monday, June 25, 2018
ANO: What A Garbage Plant Looks Like Within Weeks Of Being Cleared With The Worst Plant In The USA
Reposted from 6/18
June 25
Unbelievable: They shutdown or tripped again!!! No event report today. My guess is they shut themselves down without scramming.
June 22
68% power. Seems a bit of a slowdown with the power increase.. What is broken now?
June 21
65% looking more like a normal startup.
Confused ANO with Grand Gulf. ANO didn't have a 50 day outage. Sorry.
June 20
40%
Update June 19
ANO stated up and at 2% today.
They are beating the hell out of their plants. ANO is already in a startup. At one point is the NRC going to say says shutdown and carefully think about your erratic operations.
Welcome to the trump's NRC. Well, welcome to the utilities' NRC?
***Makes A Mockery Out The NRC's ROP.
Obviously the plant was never ready for startup after their prolonged outage, and worst, the NRC didn't know about it. This has just got to be a world record. The fastest a plant has ever been cleared of the worst record in the nation and they are now on the road to get a special inspection over erratic power operation.
May 16 Startup from 50 day outage(very long outage)
May 17 Reactor trip
May 22 Reactor startup
June 15 Reactor startup
June 17 reactor trip with serious complications
Troubled ANO 1: Stuck At 15% For Two Days And Their Recent Scram
Sounds like really poor training and not enough simulator time.
June 25
Unbelievable: They shutdown or tripped again!!! No event report today. My guess is they shut themselves down without scramming.
June 22
68% power. Seems a bit of a slowdown with the power increase.. What is broken now?
June 21
65% looking more like a normal startup.
Confused ANO with Grand Gulf. ANO didn't have a 50 day outage. Sorry.
June 20
40%
Update June 19
ANO stated up and at 2% today.
They are beating the hell out of their plants. ANO is already in a startup. At one point is the NRC going to say says shutdown and carefully think about your erratic operations.
Welcome to the trump's NRC. Well, welcome to the utilities' NRC?
***Makes A Mockery Out The NRC's ROP.
Obviously the plant was never ready for startup after their prolonged outage, and worst, the NRC didn't know about it. This has just got to be a world record. The fastest a plant has ever been cleared of the worst record in the nation and they are now on the road to get a special inspection over erratic power operation.
May 16 Startup from 50 day outage(very long outage)
May 17 Reactor trip
May 22 Reactor startup
June 4 2018: Arkansas Nuclear One and its over 900 employees got some great news Thursday when the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) hosted an afternoon meeting to go over the plant’s 2017 assessment.June 13 Reactor Trip
Kriss Kennedy, NRC regional administrator for Region IV, told the audience that after more than three years of hard work by staff and employees, ANO improved its performance and addressed several performance issues that got them into an increased regulatory oversight.
June 15 Reactor startup
June 17 reactor trip with serious complications
Troubled ANO 1: Stuck At 15% For Two Days And Their Recent Scram
Sounds like really poor training and not enough simulator time.
Power Reactor Event Number: 53459 Facility: ARKANSAS NUCLEAR
Region: 4 State: AR
Unit: [1] [] []
RX Type: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] CE
NRC Notified By: KEVIN CASEY
HQ OPS Officer: ANDREW WAUGHNotification Date: 06/16/2018
Notification Time: 15:56 [ET]
Event Date: 06/16/2018
Event Time: 00:00 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 06/16/2018Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
50.72(b)(2)(iv)(B) - RPS ACTUATION - CRITICAL
50.72(b)(3)(iv)(A) - VALID SPECIF SYS ACTUATIONPerson (Organization):
NICK TAYLOR (R4DO)
BO PHAM (IRD)
MICHAEL F. KING (NRR EO)
Unit SCRAM Code RX Crit Initial PWR Initial RX Mode Current PWR Current RX Mode 1 M/R Y 2 Startup 0 Hot Standby
Event Text
MANUAL REACTOR TRIP DURING STARTUP
"At 1121 CDT on June 16, 2018, Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 1 (ANO-1) performed a manual reactor trip due to a Turbine Bypass valve failing open on reactor startup. At the time, ANO-1 was in Mode 2 at approximately 2 percent power.
"The failed Turbine Bypass valve resulted in an overcooling event and the Overcooling Emergency Operating Procedure (EOP) was entered. Main Steam Line Isolation (MSLI) automatic actuation occurred on 2 of the 4 channels of Emergency Feedwater Initiation and Control during the overcooling event in the 'B' Steam Generator. The remaining channels of MSLI were manually actuated by the control room staff from the control room. Overcooling was terminated after the closure of the Main Steam Isolation Valve (MSIV) and reactor coolant parameters were stabilized as directed by the Overcooling EOP. Additionally, Gland Sealing Steam was lost to the main turbine due to the closure of the 'B' Steam Generator MSIV and Loss of Condenser Vacuum Abnormal Operating Procedure was entered.
"This is a 4-hour non-emergency 10 CFR 50.72 (b)(2)(iv)(B) notification due to a Reactor Protection System actuation (scram) and an 8-hour non-emergency 10 CFR 50.72 (b)(3)(iv)(A) notification for safety system actuation."
All control rods fully inserted into the core during the trip. Heat removal is via the Atmospheric Dump Control valves to atmosphere.
The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified. The licensee also notified the State of Arkansas.
Normal "In-Depth" Hinsdale, Brattleboro Bridge Inspection: I Don't Think So
Update
I had a talk with the boss of this operation. It is not a NHDOT operation. The NHDOT contracted these inspection guys. These contractor guy don't come here often. I watched the barge inspectors for awhile. I watched them knocking off huge pieces of rust. The guys in the cherry picker stopped their work and called over to their boss. I image because of too much rust preventing them from doing a thorough inspection. He yelled back, "just get the work done". I also talked to the on the road boss. I talked about the abnormal vibration. He said he never felt anything like that. He predicted, a lot of work will have to be done before this is done.
***Come on, when was the last time we seen a week of lane changes? I have never seen that. Usually it is a special inspection platform moved around underneath the bridge without lane changes.
I guess this is a answer to me? At the least, this was upgraded to a in-depth inspection on my call. The NHDOT must have got the experts to visit the bridge shortly after I made a complaint. I wonder if they'd seen something abnormal jacking it up to a in-depth inspection?
This will get us to 2020 I think. It would look horrendous to the NHDOT if after this inspection the bridge collapsed or the bridge had to be shutdown. We got mostly idiots living in Hinsdale. Would I be a hero or railroaded out of town if the bridge was shutdown for a prolonged period of time?
Be prepared for some horrible traffic backups???
I had a talk with the boss of this operation. It is not a NHDOT operation. The NHDOT contracted these inspection guys. These contractor guy don't come here often. I watched the barge inspectors for awhile. I watched them knocking off huge pieces of rust. The guys in the cherry picker stopped their work and called over to their boss. I image because of too much rust preventing them from doing a thorough inspection. He yelled back, "just get the work done". I also talked to the on the road boss. I talked about the abnormal vibration. He said he never felt anything like that. He predicted, a lot of work will have to be done before this is done.
***Come on, when was the last time we seen a week of lane changes? I have never seen that. Usually it is a special inspection platform moved around underneath the bridge without lane changes.
I guess this is a answer to me? At the least, this was upgraded to a in-depth inspection on my call. The NHDOT must have got the experts to visit the bridge shortly after I made a complaint. I wonder if they'd seen something abnormal jacking it up to a in-depth inspection?
This will get us to 2020 I think. It would look horrendous to the NHDOT if after this inspection the bridge collapsed or the bridge had to be shutdown. We got mostly idiots living in Hinsdale. Would I be a hero or railroaded out of town if the bridge was shutdown for a prolonged period of time?
Be prepared for some horrible traffic backups???
Hinsdale, Brattleboro bridge inspections expected to cause traffic woes starting Monday
By Sentinel Staff
Jun 24, 2018 Updated 15 hrs ago
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The N.H. Department of Transportation has announced that an inspection of the Route 119 bridges crossing the Connecticut River between Hinsdale and Brattleboro will occur this week.
In an email Thursday, department spokesman William H. "Bill" Boynton characterized the work as a "regular in-depth inspection looking at all aspects of the bridge, including substructure and superstructure."
The inspection is slated to start Monday and continue through Friday, resulting in lane closures as necessary for up to five days from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., according to the release. Warning signs and people with flags will be employed to alert drivers.
If possible, motorists are encouraged to seek alternate routes.
The release also notes that the lane width will be 11 feet during the course of the inspection, and that the work could be delayed in the event of bad weather. In that case, the inspection would resume as soon as weather allows.
Jan Anderson, executive secretary in the Brattleboro Town Manager's Office, wrote in an email Friday that the traffic lights at the lower end of Main Street will be put on flash mode during the work hours.
"NHDOT is fully aware of the traffic concerns and will be monitoring the situation closely," she wrote.
The Charles Dana and Anna Hunt Marsh bridges date back to 1920, and were rehabilitated in 1988. One bridge connects Hinsdale to Hinsdale Island, and the other bridge connects the island to Brattleboro.
The Pennsylvania truss-style bridges are considered functionally obsolete, meaning they're outdated, don't meet current design standards and have height and weight restrictions.
The bridges are set to be replaced by a new, steel girder bridge downstream, with construction likely to begin in spring 2020, state officials said in January.
Bridge Angel: Brattleboro Bridge Is Grossly Out of Plumb and We All Face Imminent Danger
Reposted from 5/23
Update May 24
***This did not go as intended. You got to get your eyes or camera directly in front of the level bubble. I could make that bubble read anything I wanted by the angle of my camera. I am trying to be honest. On the left of me is cars rushing by me. I am more worried about fumbling my new phone, dropping it...then losing it in the river. I wasn't careful with the angel of the camera. I was nervous. I should have taken more time.
This below is the Hinsdale side. The downstream side is too my left. The bubble is mostly perfect if you were directly in front of it. Generally, the plumb on this bridge favors the downstream side slightly. This picture represents the whole bridge. But the plumb is almost perfect here.
The below is the Brattleboro side. I am so disappointed with these picture.s The plumb looks a lot more worst by your own eyes in the right position. My cheap level is a primitive device. The blow picture represents the west half of the bridge. We got a rather terrible plumb here. It is very bad. When did it happen?
***The tiny Hinsdale bridge is closest to Hinsdale and the much more longer Brattleboro Bridge Is closest to Brattleboro...
Update May 24
Has anyone ever seen the NHDOT inspect the vertical beams that connect the road deck to the big upper arch beams (two)? I have never seen that kind inspection in thirty years.. How do we know all the road deck vertical beams are connected to the big arch beam on the top of bridge?
This below is the real plumb. You should check three or more beams on the Brattleboro side on your own. I wish I could do this on a bare metal area. I wouldn't dare scape off any paint on this bridge. I am afraid I would knock over the whole damn bridge.
More worrisome is the new extreme vibrations going on at the bridge. It drastically worsened from a few years ago. It is really bad with a particular set of vehicles on the bridge. You have to spend some time on the bridge to feel its worst extreme vibrations. The worst is with a heavy vehicles. It is surprisingly bad with just one vehicle zipping across the bridge. There is little raised blocks on the pavement across the bridge. I think they were drilled out for a special inspection of what is beneath the bridge and then refilled with concrete. Those blocks again create a surprisingly amount of unneeded vibration. The totality of the vibrations are extremely abnormal even for this kind of bridge and the magnitude is "new".
In the past, I asked the NHDOT to put vibration detectors on the bridge. It wouldn't be that expensive today. I image you could buy a cell phone capable vibration detector sending information to the NHDOT.
So why hasn't the poor plumb of the bridge not been included in bridge inspections or vibration and monitored???
***This did not go as intended. You got to get your eyes or camera directly in front of the level bubble. I could make that bubble read anything I wanted by the angle of my camera. I am trying to be honest. On the left of me is cars rushing by me. I am more worried about fumbling my new phone, dropping it...then losing it in the river. I wasn't careful with the angel of the camera. I was nervous. I should have taken more time.
This below is the Hinsdale side. The downstream side is too my left. The bubble is mostly perfect if you were directly in front of it. Generally, the plumb on this bridge favors the downstream side slightly. This picture represents the whole bridge. But the plumb is almost perfect here.
The below is the Brattleboro side. I am so disappointed with these picture.s The plumb looks a lot more worst by your own eyes in the right position. My cheap level is a primitive device. The blow picture represents the west half of the bridge. We got a rather terrible plumb here. It is very bad. When did it happen?
***The tiny Hinsdale bridge is closest to Hinsdale and the much more longer Brattleboro Bridge Is closest to Brattleboro...
Bridge Angel: Impending collapse of the Hinsdale-Brattleboro route 119 bridge!!!
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
South Texas Project Nuclear Plant: Example Of the Amazing Secrecy In The Industry
Began construction in about 1975. Why don't we know what is wrong with the piping insulation? My bet it is asbestos. Are they saying in the drywell or primary containment nationwide, the pipes are still insulated with a asbestos? Why didn't they admit it today.
I worked on shift at Vermont Yankee with this guy Don. I will never forget him. He had two daughters, man were they lookers. We talked about his teenage daughter problems for a decade. They were really good girls. But they had there issues with boys. Don would say boy after boy dismayingly, the guys were absolutely slavish to his girls. Right, we all are. He kept saying these young guys were poor examples of manhood. Everyone one of them.
I was there for his bitching surrounding a new cough. It went on to repeated bouts of pneumonia. The local swamp doctors had no idea what was going on. He had Asbestosis. He knew it was losing battle, as we all did. He got one lung cut out. I visited him in his last week of life. He told me it is like drowning for years. It was a beyond horrific death. He broke his new nuclear industry working teeth in at a secret Department of Defense nuclear plant in Alaska. Then worked many years at Oyster Creek until escaping to Vermont Yankee. He never graduated from High School. He was a aux operator for life. We had stainless steel mirror insulation first in Vermont Yankee's drywell.
Vermont Yankee was loaded with Asbestos. They finally took it out. It is a shadow over everyone's life.
I worked on shift at Vermont Yankee with this guy Don. I will never forget him. He had two daughters, man were they lookers. We talked about his teenage daughter problems for a decade. They were really good girls. But they had there issues with boys. Don would say boy after boy dismayingly, the guys were absolutely slavish to his girls. Right, we all are. He kept saying these young guys were poor examples of manhood. Everyone one of them.
I was there for his bitching surrounding a new cough. It went on to repeated bouts of pneumonia. The local swamp doctors had no idea what was going on. He had Asbestosis. He knew it was losing battle, as we all did. He got one lung cut out. I visited him in his last week of life. He told me it is like drowning for years. It was a beyond horrific death. He broke his new nuclear industry working teeth in at a secret Department of Defense nuclear plant in Alaska. Then worked many years at Oyster Creek until escaping to Vermont Yankee. He never graduated from High School. He was a aux operator for life. We had stainless steel mirror insulation first in Vermont Yankee's drywell.
Vermont Yankee was loaded with Asbestos. They finally took it out. It is a shadow over everyone's life.
STP awarded for Nuclear Industry Innovation
Wadsworth - Employees from South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Company (STPNOC) received a Top Innovative Practice (TIP) award from the Nuclear Energy Institute for solving an industry-wide concern that would have required substantial insulation removal from piping and associated radiation exposure risk.
The award was presented during this year’s Nuclear Energy Assembly, hosted by the Nuclear Energy Institute in Atlanta, Ga. The Nuclear Energy Institute is the nuclear energy industry’s policy organization.
This solution, which was accepted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, provided a solution that preserved a high level of nuclear safety, meant a significant savings of radiation exposure to employees who would have been required to remove the piping insulation, and resulted in a cost savings of approximately $43 million.
The innovation was awarded as a risk-informed resolution of an industry-wide General Safety Issue-191 (GSI-191).
“I am proud of the persistence and effort of the STP team over many years,” said Dave Rencurrel, senior vice president, Operations. “We came up with an innovative, risk-informed solution that guards safety and benefits our industry.”
“Innovations like the ones celebrated today help ensure nuclear power plants continue to run safely and stay competitive in today’s marketplace,” Sue Perkins-Grew, senior director of Nuclear Security and Incident Response, said at the TIP awards ceremony.
The TIP awards celebrate industry leaders for new practices, enhanced processes and improved technology. To be considered for an award, the process or practice must be implemented and address one or more of the following criteria: innovations, safety, cost-savings impact, productivity/efficiency, transferability, communications, or vision and leadership.
STPNOC was one of 12 awardees recognized at the awards luncheon in Atlanta. The award winning team includes Steve Blossom, Mike Murray, Ernie Kee, Wayne Harrison, Drew Richards, Wes Schulz, Rob Engen, Kristin Kaspar and Fatma Yilmaz.
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