Indian Point 2 back online after shutdown
By GREG CLARYTHE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: May 31, 2007)
BUCHANAN -Indian Point 2 returned to full power about 11 a.m. today after workers repaired a broken water valve on one of the plant's steam generators and connected the reactor back to the state electricity grid.
Officials from Entergy Nuclear Northeast, which owns and operates Indian Point, said the plant went back online about 3 a.m. and was brought gradually back up to full power.
Control operators had safely shut down the plant on Monday after the valve compromised the generator's capacity to keep up with the reactor at full power. Entergy officials said the valve could not be fixed unless the reactor was taken down to 2 percent power.
Plant staff repaired the dog-house-sized valved, which controls the flow of non-radioactive water to one of the plant's four steam generators.
Fred Dacimo, Indian Point's top on-site official, commended plant workers for their efforts during the event.
"Our control room operators and staff performed very well in shutting down the plant, making the repairs, and returning the unit to service," Dacimo said in a prepared statement today. "It was the correct decision to shut down the plant. Their training and commitment to safety is what Entergy is about."
Indian Point 3 was unaffected by the shutdown of Indian Point 2.
Reach Greg Clary at 914-696-8566 or gclary@lohud.com.
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WHAT SHUTDOWN ??
Not to nitpick, but 2% of 1051 megawatts equals 21 Megawatts, equal to several midsized windmills, or about a quarter of a square mile of solar arrays.
So IP2 was not "shut down"..... operators took their foot off the gas pedal, to make an adjustment.
The media better get out of the habit of doing "crisis reportage" on everyday industrial trivia, or they will collectively paint a false picture of the true situation.
At some point, this "False Crisis Reportage" will create a papier mache' Indian Point, entirely separate from the real (unexciting) electrical power plant.
I leave it to readers to judge whether this has already occurred.
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