Fukushima in America? Twelve nuclear power plants are in the path of Hurricane Florence… flood

[donnay]

Fukushima in America? Twelve nuclear power plants are in the path of Hurricane Florence… flooding, storm surge threaten cooling operations

Tuesday, September 11, 2018 by: Mike Adams



At least twelve operating nuclear reactors are in the predicted path of Hurricane Florence, which has been upgraded to a category 4 storm as it surges toward the U.S. East Coast. According to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which offers an interactive map of active nuclear reactors, two plants are vulnerable to both heavy rainfall and the expected storm surge which could bring a surge of up to 20 feet of ocean water pouring into coastal areas.

Those two reactors, located NE of Myrtle Beach, North Carolina, are known as “Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Unit 1” and “Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Unit 1.”

Each unit produces nearly 1,000 MWe of electricity, and they are both built on the General Electric “Type 4” power plant design, which is almost identical to the GE nuclear power plant design used in the Fukushima-Daiichi reactors in Japan. All of these reactors are designed and constructed as “boiling-water reactors” or BWRs. The designs are decades old, and they are subject to catastrophic failures and even core meltdowns that release radioactive isotopes directly into the atmosphere and surrounding areas.

According to current forecasts, these nuclear power plants appear to be in the direct line of Hurricane Florence. Here’s the current forecast from the NOAA, which brings the hurricane directly into North Carolina’s coastline:





The Brunswick plant is a “Boiling Water Reactor” just like Fukushima
As this link from the U.S. NRC shows, the Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Unit 1 is also a “Boiling Water Reactor.” It was originally authorized for operation in 1976 and it licensed to continue operating through 2036. The following diagram shows how BWRs operate, using heat from the nuclear reactions to turn water into steam that drives steam turbines which generate electricity:



Read more: https://www.naturalnews.com/2018-09-...-florence.html

[Swordsmyth]

I'm not too worried unless a huge earthquake hits at the same time.

[phill4paul]

I'm not too worried unless a huge earthquake hits at the same time.

Pretty much.

[Brian4Liberty]

I’m not terribly concerned about the Hurricane causing a problem. But there is far too little concern about these aging nuclear plants and unsafe storage of fuel rods. That is a real danger. The idiot left would rather talk about global warming and climate justice, both pure political nonsense, while ignoring a real danger of fuel rod meltdowns.

[thoughtomator]

It's a hurricane, not a tsunami

These plants have been through plenty of hurricanes before.