Nuclear power plants failing all around.

[onodera]

And I'm not talking about Eastern Europe.

NEW YORK, Nov 8 (Reuters) - An explosion on the main transformer has forced Entergy Corp (ETR.N) to shut its 1,020-megawatt Unit 2 at the Indian Point nuclear power plant in New York on Sunday, the company's second reactor shutdown in the same night.

Entergy also shut its 605-MW nuclear plant in Vernon, Vermont due to a system pipe leakage. The reactor is known to have leaked tritium earlier this year and the Vermont Senate has voted to shut the plant in 2012.

While the company has not named the substance leaked out of the feedwater system piping at the Vermont Yankee plant, some media outlets reported the water to have low levels of radioactive elements.

No meltdowns or nuclear explosions

[Asher]

India

[Al B. Sure!]

That's because they're all old because idiots wanted to ban the construction of new plants.

[Al B. Sure!]

India

Is that a joke?

[Asher]

India? Yes

[OneFootInTheGrave]

Indian Point

India - the superpower

nuclear power

[Al B. Sure!]

It's in Vermont, Asher. Indian refers to feather, not red dot.

[onodera]

It's in Vermont, Asher. Indian refers to feather, not red dot.

Someone convince me that Albie is just a master of deadpan commentary.

[Provost Harrison]

To quote the great Prince Philip, "This job looks like it was done by Indians".

[Asher]

It's in Vermont, Asher. Indian refers to feather, not red dot.

That's the Point.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

And I'm not talking about Eastern Europe.

NEW YORK, Nov 8 (Reuters) - An explosion on the main transformer has forced Entergy Corp (ETR.N) to shut its 1,020-megawatt Unit 2 at the Indian Point nuclear power plant in New York on Sunday, the company's second reactor shutdown in the same night.

Entergy also shut its 605-MW nuclear plant in Vernon, Vermont due to a system pipe leakage. The reactor is known to have leaked tritium earlier this year and the Vermont Senate has voted to shut the plant in 2012.

While the company has not named the substance leaked out of the feedwater system piping at the Vermont Yankee plant, some media outlets reported the water to have low levels of radioactive elements.

No meltdowns or nuclear explosions

IP Unit 2 shutdown per SOP because their power transmission had issues i.e the transformer blew This is no different than any other power plant. You lose the ability to transmit electrical power you take the generators offline immediately and downpower. The fact that it was nuclear vs. gas vs. coal fired power is irrelevant.

Needless scaremongering

[Elok]

Nuclear power

Fricking hippies who think we should power the country with windmills

[N35t0r]

That's the Point.

I see what you did there

[MOBIUS]

That's because they're all old because idiots wanted to ban the construction of new plants.

Pretty much this. 'Environmentalists' have a lot to answer for.

[Elok]

It's good that we can all agree Greenpeace sucks.