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LASALLE 2 0% 06/22/00 Hot Shutdown
MAINTENANCE OUTAGE -
AUTO REACTOR SCRAM CAUSED BY LOSS
OF REACTOR FEEDWATER PUMP.
SEE EVENT #37102.
-- spider (spider0@usa.net), June 23, 2000
Spider, because you frequently post these type of malfunctions, a question? Has there been an increase in these nuclear incidents?
-- Phillip Maley (maley@cnw.com), June 23, 2000.
There are about two scrams a month average.
There hasn't been an abnormal amount of
scrams since the Dec. 30 - Feb. 3 period.
I think that there were about a dozen scrams
during that period. A scram is where all the
Cobalt rods are dropped into the core at once.
This absorbs the neutrons and halts the nuclear
process. They only do this if there is a major
problem as this is a very unstable way to stop
the reactor. BTW, I have no technical expertise
in this area.
-- spider` (spider0@usa.net), June 23, 2000.
Just checked the records. 10 in May
and 7 in April. This is well above
normal.
-- spider (spider0@usa.net), June 23, 2000.
Thanks Spider, I don't have technical expertise here either (I was an Airdale in the Navy) but from my friends in the Boomers, a scram was a very undesirable way of stopping a nuclear reaction and not with out risk.
-- Phillip Maley (maley@cnw.com), June 23, 2000.
Correction: Cadmium Rods
-- spider (spider0@usa.net), June 29, 2000.