This Press of Atlantic City article starts with the predictable “A month after receiving a clean bill of health from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,” neglecting the fact that they, well, did, and that determination still applies.
The plant can shut down without there being a safety problem. If there is a technical problem that prevents them from being able to efficiently generate electricity, the utility will shut the plant down, replace the part in question, and bring it back up. There is nothing about such a problem that would cause a nuclear accident–I refer you to the overblown reaction to an even less-relevant electrical problem at the Indian Point plant in New York.
Chill out.
Filed under Industry Performance, Safety
Posted on May 31, 2007 by Stewart Peterson |
