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NEWS > U.S.A. > NUCLEAR REGULATORS READY TO BLOW AFTER OUTAGE AT ILLINOIS PLANT
NUCLEAR REGULATORS READY TO BLOW AFTER OUTAGE AT ILLINOIS PLANT
January 31 2012
Rochelle, IL – After the absolute disaster that occurred in Japan early last year the nervousness over nuclear energy has been very high. Certainly the nuclear industry has seen its share of criticism and real concern from people and governments, and more than one disaster, the near apocalyptic nature of the disaster in Japan has shaken the faith of many that not only is a nuclear accident much more dangerous than they previously believed, but that it may be imminent.
The Japanese disaster was for many a very shocking event. After all, it was caused by a natural disaster for which that country was very much bolstered against, yet it still broke through their multiple layers of protection and caused chaos. That did not give a of people faith that in areas less well-protected that anything can be done to stop a potential catastrophe.
As a result, the industry has been under a lot of scrutiny both from ordinary people and from regulators, which is likely why officials at the Byron Generating Station in Illinois nearly blew their tops when they had a near disaster of their own, which it now appears was caused by a minor error, the same thing that has caused many disasters throughout human history.
“We have traced the power failure to a failed electrical insulator which caused one of the generators to shut down automatically. We have sent the insulator for analysis and from that we will be better able to determine what went wrong,” said a spokesperson for Exelon Energy which operates the plant. “We have temporarily moved in diesel generators to keep the reactor running and have vented small amounts of gasses in order to keep the core pressure down. These gasses are not harmful and there is not threat of a meltdown or explosion as long as those generators keep running.”
The plat shut down Monday morning leading to a little bit of panic amongst staff at the facility until the reactor pressure was brought down and the generators started doing their work.
It’s considered an outside possibility that the reactor will melt down, something which will likely not satiate the anger of the executives.
“They are fuming, steaming mad really. This is a last thing they wanted to hear on Monday morning. I mean Mondays are bad enough but they are even worse when you are dealing with a potential thermonuclear meltdown. That is not what anyone wants first thing in the week,” said an insider with the company. “They hit the roof when they heard what had happened and of course they are in spin control now, trying to stop a chain reaction of criticism which is just as important as stopping one in the core.”
A chain reaction in the media could result in some terminations but a chain reaction in the core could kill tens of thousands and leave the area irradiated for decades. Well, it would actually.
“They are not happy, not one bit, and they really can’t get mad at the electrical insulator. I mean it’s just a thing really and they use them all the time. They are worried that if they get too mad at it they could anger the rest of the insulators and that would cause a chain reaction of failures, and of course that would lead to mass death, which is not desirable,” continued the insider. “They are trying to remain as calm as possible but they are absolutely fuming on the inside, ready to blow if even the smallest thing goes wrong and that could lead to a whole lot of trouble for a whole lot of people. Hopefully they can keep it under control.”
The inanimate electrical insulator had no comment.
Mike Michaels, American Correspondent
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