Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Why we won't have a Chernobyl around here

Clinton Nuclear plant shut down for 2nd time this year:
"Exelon shut down its Clinton Nuclear plant unexpectedly because a power supply failed to sensor equipment in the reactor.

Plant Spokesman Bruce Paulsen says the instrumentation controls one of two reactor recirculation pumps and the high pressure spray system in the reactor core.

When those sensors failed yesterday, water levels inside the reactor rose, causing the shutdown."

Backup systems for backup systems. They really, really work!

I wonder if I can have something like that for my home plumbing and wiring needs? And maybe for my own anatomy, while I'm thinking on it.


Aside: isn't that first sentence in the article just a wee bit clumsy?

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