[NukeNet] Nuke shutdown interupts service

[Minimushomines at aol.com]

This is where FP&L wants to build the two new  nukes that were the subject of 
the Florida PSC hearing Jan and I intervened  in. It will be interesting to 
see how they spin this 

UPDATE: Nuke plant shutdown causes Florida power outages
By WINK News


Story Created: Feb 26, 2008 at 1:31 PM EST  
Story Updated: Feb 26, 2008 at 3:23 PM EST 
UPDATE 3:00PM
Nuke plant shutdown causes Florida  power outages

MIAMI (AP) - Florida's largest electric company shut  down a nuclear reactor 
south of Miami for safety reasons Tuesday, causing  sporadic power outages 
covering large portions of the state that could last well  into the night. More 
than 3 million people are affected, the state  says.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said that the two Florida Power  & Light 
nuclear reactors at its Turkey Point power point 30 miles south of  Miami 
automatically shut down. Two other power plants farther north, the Crystal  River 
reactor and St. Lucie twin reactors, in the state continued to operate,  
although officials at those two facilities noticed the grid  disturbance.

"We don't know whether the grid disturbance caused the units  to shut down or 
that their shut down caused the grid disturbance," said Kenneth  Clark, a 
spokesman at the NRC regional office in Atlanta. He said the two  reactors were 
automatically shut down and in safe standby.

"There are no  safety concerns. The reactors shut down as designed," said 
Clark in a telephone  interview. He said both reactor continued to have offsite 
electric power. He  said two coal-burning power plants at Turkey Point also 
shut down.

FPL in  several media interviews estimated that power should be up statewide 
within 10  hours. The company did not return repeated calls from The 
Associated Press or  speak to a reporter in the lobby of its Juno Beach headquarters.

Outages  appear to be concentrated in the southeast portion of the state, 
including  Miami, but were also reported in along the southwest coast and 
northeastern part  of the state as well as in the Florida Keys. The outages began 
shortly after 1  p.m. EST, though power in some affected areas had been restored 
an hour  later.

In Collier County in the southwestern portion of the state,  sheriff's 
spokeswoman Karie Partington said officials were working to determine  the extent of 
the outages.

"We really don't have a good picture of it,"  sheriff's spokeswoman Karie 
Partington said. "It's not any one  location."

In central Florida, the Orange and Volusia county sheriff's  offices 
confirmed power outages at traffic signals across their  jurisdictions.

"I don't have a handle on whether we're experiencing  residential or 
commercial outages," said Gary Davidson, Volusia sheriff's  spokesman. "I know we're 
receiving reports of traffic lights out virtually  throughout the county, from 
Deland, Deltona, Ormond Beach, South Daytona to  Debary."

Jaime Hernandez, a spokesman for Miami-Dade County Department of  Emergency 
Management, said the county is partially activating its emergency  operations 
center. He said no injuries have been reported so far.

By 2  p.m., most of northern downtown Miami appeared to be back to normal 
operation,  including a campus of Miami-Dade Community College and numerous 
stores and  businesses. Traffic lights were out for a short time but appeared to be 
back in  regular operation. In the Florida Keys, spokesman Andy Newman 
reported, areas  were without power for about 15 minutes, but it was back up as well.

An  official at the Miami International Airport says the facility is working 
on a  generator backup but that no airline delays were reported.

In Collier  County in the southwestern portion of the state, sheriff's 
spokeswoman Karie  Partington said officials were working to determine the extent of 
the  outages.

"We really don't have a good picture of it," sheriff's  spokeswoman Karie 
Partington said. "It's not any one  location."





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