Ikata Nuclear Power Plant
Apparently this happened on Monday. I didn't even know. I'm going to pray that if ever there was a real emergency somebody would at least knock on my door...
June 06
Nuclear reactor shut down in southern Japan after abnormal noise in moisture separator
TOKYO (AP) _ A nuclear power reactor was shut down in southern Japan on Monday after workers noticed it was making an unusual noise, the plan operator said.
All measuring devices in the central control room of the No. 1 reactor at the Ikata Nuclear Power Plant had been working normally, and there was no radiation leak due to the noise, said Satoshi Sasatani, a spokesman of Shikoku Electric Power Co.
A worker noticed an ``unusual noise'' from the moisture separator at around 9:30 a.m. (0030 GMT), and the company then decided to shut down the reactor to determine the cause, Sasatani said.
The moisture separator is a device that removes excess water from steam used to turn the reactor's turbine, and is then reused to turn the low-pressure turbines.
It was unclear how long the reactor would remain out of service, Sasatani said.
Ikata, located in Ehime prefecture (state) on southern island of Shikoku, is 730 kilometers (453 miles) southwest of Tokyo.
http://spaces.msn.com/degloomy/Blog/cns!C31DBFDF02C7A2AD!146.entry
June 06
Nuclear reactor shut down in southern Japan after abnormal noise in moisture separator
TOKYO (AP) _ A nuclear power reactor was shut down in southern Japan on Monday after workers noticed it was making an unusual noise, the plan operator said.
All measuring devices in the central control room of the No. 1 reactor at the Ikata Nuclear Power Plant had been working normally, and there was no radiation leak due to the noise, said Satoshi Sasatani, a spokesman of Shikoku Electric Power Co.
A worker noticed an ``unusual noise'' from the moisture separator at around 9:30 a.m. (0030 GMT), and the company then decided to shut down the reactor to determine the cause, Sasatani said.
The moisture separator is a device that removes excess water from steam used to turn the reactor's turbine, and is then reused to turn the low-pressure turbines.
It was unclear how long the reactor would remain out of service, Sasatani said.
Ikata, located in Ehime prefecture (state) on southern island of Shikoku, is 730 kilometers (453 miles) southwest of Tokyo.
http://spaces.msn.com/degloomy/Blog/cns!C31DBFDF02C7A2AD!146.entry
posted by Angie @ 12:33 AM
1 Comments:
At 6:19 AM,
Full Metal Lunchbox said…
Oh my god, that is the weirdest coincidence! Just yesterday I was reading an article in the Sunday newspaper about an accident under exactly the same circumstances at a reactor here in Illinois. It was the same deal: mysterious vibrations traced to the moisture separator.
If one of those pieces hits the reactor core, or wedges in an emergency vent, the whole world is going to know about it.
Scary business.
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