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This event happend on 27th October 2010: A scram of Reactor 2 at Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Russia’s Far Northeast late last October took the unit out of operation for 36 hours – bringing into doubt the ongoing attempts to modernise the obsolete and worn-out equipment at this first-generation NPP, which was commissioned as far back as the 1970s. A scram of Reactor 2 at Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Russia’s Far Northeast late last October took the unit out of operation for 36 hours – bringing into doubt the ongoing attempts to modernise the obsolete and worn-out equipment at this first-generation NPP, which was commissioned as far back as the 1970s. Andrei Ozharovsky, 09/11-2010 - Translated by Maria Kaminskaya According to reports by the public information service of the Russian NPP operator, concern Rosenergoatom, and the press service of Bilibino’s production and engineering department, the scram occurred on October 27, 2010 at 07:12 p.m. local time. The reactor was taken back online on October 29 at 05:32 a.m. local time. The scram was ascribed to a “false signal generated by the protection equipment.” The reactor was thus offline for 34 hours, providing no power or heat to the Chaun-Bilibino energy system. One circumstance that causes additional concerns regarding the latest shutdown at Bilibino is that it occurred only two weeks after three-day unscheduled repairs – October 11 through 14 – ended at the reactor. There have been no reports as to why the repairs were needed in the first place. It can be speculated that the repairs had to do with modernising the very protection and safety systems which generated a false alarm signal and brought the reactor down on October 27.
... the PR service of Bilibino’s production and engineering department issued a report – written in the best traditions of Soviet-style eyewash and window-dressing – attesting to the NPP's readiness to operate safely and reliably (quoted here verbatim): “An inspection commission on readiness of nuclear plant power units for operation under autumn-winter peak load […] in 2010-2011 has finished its work at Bilibino NPP […]. In accordance with the results of the performed inspection the plant was acknowledged to be ready to securely carry electric and thermal power load in the autumn-winter period: the commission recommended issuing to Bilibino NPP of a passport of operational readiness for [autumn-winter peak load] 2010-2011.” What this amounts to is nuclear officials gathering their own commissions, paying inspection visits to each other’s sites, issuing each other “passports of operational readiness,” or “passports of quality performance,” or “ecological safety passports” – but these reports may not be worth the paper they are printed on. Experience shows, after all, that at least Reactor Unit 2 of Bilibino NPP was not ready to “securely carry” its power load. One question persists as to what would happen if the nuclear industry dared to expose its inner workings to the scrutiny of a fully independent commission, or if, before the dangerous operational license extensions were issued, the operator company had had courage enough to apply for a law-mandated state environmental impact evaluation. Would the reality of the situation make it into the public domain? Would the aged reactors at Bilibino have been stopped and decommissioned when their engineered life spans had expired? This is what Vladimir Kuznetsov, D. E. Sc., a former atomic industry oversight specialist, says on the matter: “Most of the equipment at the reactor units of Bilibino [NPP] has exhausted or soon will exhaust its [operational] resource. The reactors do not meet the requirements of safety rules and standards, and there is no making them comply with said requirements.”
Dominion Virginia Power has notified federal authorities about the discovery of low levels of radioactive groundwater at the utility's North Anna nuclear power station in Louisa County. A recent groundwater monitoring sample point at the plant recorded a level of 16,500 picoCuries of tritium per liter, according to a report that Dominion filed Friday with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Normal tritrium levels at the particular sample point are 4,000 picoCuries per liter or less. Tritium, the radioactive isotope of hydrogen, is produced in nuclear reactors. Dominion, which has two reactors at the North Anna site, about 45 miles northwest of Richmond, said the elevated tritium levels were found at just one monitoring site. None of the eight groundwater monitoring sample points surrounding the station showed any detectable levels of tritium, and there was no indication the tritium has migrated to Lake Anna or nearby drinking water sources, the utility said. The federal reporting threshold for tritium levels is 20,000 picoCuries per liter. The NRC said Dominion also was voluntarily notifying state and local agencies about the elevated water levels. Dominon spokesman Richard Zuercher said the utility is continuing to search for the cause of the elevated tritium levels, which he said do not present a health hazard to employees or the public. Zuercher said the elevated levels were first discovered in April at a monitoring site near Unit 1. "It was elevated but it was not high," he said, adding that subsequent testing showed a return to normal levels. When a sample taken in early October showed the 16,500 picoCuries reading, the utility notfied federal, state and local officials, Zuercher said, adding that a followup reading has indicated a return once again to typical levels. The utility has found no unusual tritium levels at two other monitoring sites within about 25 feet of where the elevated levels were detected, Zuercher said. "We're looking to see what the potential source of this may be," he said.
Originally posted by FoxStriker
Anyways, have any of you guys had dreams/vision that seemed to real? where they just dreams or did they come true... I'm just freaked out right now.