Posted on 03/01/2006 8:44:05 PM PST by Palladin
An emergency alert has been raised at the Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant in Salem Township in Luzerne County, but officials said the public is not in danger. According to PPL officials at the plant, there was a release of halon in one of the non-nuclear structures at the plant. Halon is a fire suppressant. Officials at the plant said no flames were present, but there was a burnt smell detected.
The Luzerne County Emergency Agency also responded to the incident, and local E.M.A officials are on alert. Officials said there have been no evacuations. For any questions, residents of Luzerne County can call the rumor hotline at 1-800-821-3716. In Columbia County, residents can call the rumor hotline at 570-389-5738.
No worries. Coast guard's got it. Ask Chertoff.
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Sounds like a Muslim terrorist plot. (Just wanted to be the first)
Pathetic
Is the plant anywhere near the Susquehanna Hat Company?
On what continent is this located?
Pennsylvania
Thanks Palladin,I think that is the one near my son.
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SUSQUEHANNA! Slowly I turned...Step by step, inch by inch...
There. All fixed ! :-)
Full Disclosure:
BUSH'S FAULT!
You are a tool for the left and I hope a Coast Guardsman whips you arse one day
Susquehanna! On Bagel Street?
What could it be? What's that smell associated with?
Is it near Allentown?
You know my brother was born on Bagel Street. Did you know my brother?
Not that far way, a little north and east of central PA
"You are a tool for the left and I hope a Coast Guardsman whips you arse one day"
It was a euphemistic statement to a tired response on port operations. The coasties are my brothers, but they can't do it all.
fatima, they are really playing it down on the news. They say it's a "low-level" incident; that whatever it is, it's contained within the plant; and as of right now, there's no danger to the public.
But then--that's what they said when TMI blew. I lived ten miles from that nuclear plant, and when the enormity of it became known two days later, there was mass panic. No gas at the pumps, no cash in the MAC machines. It was chaos trying to evacuate.
Susquehanna Plant is in Berwick. The alerts went out to EMA in Luzerne and Columbia counties.
I'm about 80 miles from there.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania seceded?... From North America?!?
Maybe 60 miles north of Allentown.
Third base!
I wouldn't mind having the Coast Guard patrolling the Susquehanna River. There would be a lot fewer drunks falling out of speedboats.
From England 240 years ago :-)
Whoops 230 years ago
have gun will travel. HA
http://www.pema.state.pa.us/pema/CWP/view.asp?A=200&Q=180246
Major Population Centers
Municipality
2000 Population
Distance From Susquehanna (miles)
Berwick 10,774
5
Bloomsburg 12,375
19
Hazleton 23,329
13
Wilkes-Barre 43,123
18
Scranton 76,415
34
Williamsport 30,706
46
Allentown 106,632
48
Thanks Palladin-He-his wife and my 2 grandchildren live in Berwick.We pass the plant on the way to his house.Prayers things settle down.
It sounds like a good old-fashioned smoldering fire, maybe electrical. Or someone left the Pop-tarts in too long. Halon will take care of it. Just make sure you get out of the room or you daid.
Have gun, have cash, have full gas tank in case this is a big accident and the wind is blowing in this direction tomorrow.
Good one!
Hey hey now, I used to race a Drag Boat on that rivir in Harrisburg and I never fell out, almost flipped over once, but never fell out :-)
What way is the wind blowing?
I've seen your posts about the ports deal and your back door criticism of the US military branch of the Coast Guard is obvious.
Just like now.
That's personal!
"What way is the wind blowing?"
Now that's a very good and important question. Might be two types of snow falling.
Thanks for the link. I bookmarked it.
C'mon kid! Tell me your name so I can tell your mother.
Everything looks OK in those photos. Are they from today?
Of course, you can't see radiation.
There's hardly any wind here tonight.
I've seen your posts about the ports deal and your back door criticism of the US military branch of the Coast Guard is obvious.
"Back door criticism of the US military branch of the Coast Guard?" Never in a jillion years. The military is the only thing holding this country together, and whom has the highest respect of the american people. I AM guilty of criticizing Chertoff on his and others contention that the coast guard is going to adequate protect our ports from every container coming in. They can't do it, they are not able to do it, and typically they become first responders after something has occured, to know fault of their own due mainly to mission. You misread my intent and if it doesn't clarify it, well I tried.
Halon is a fire suppressant gas used for electrical and electronic equipment in enclosed spaces. An automatic actuation of a fire protection system in a space which has Safety Related Equipment(needed to safely shutdown a nuclear power plant) requires notification to the NRC usually at the lowest level of emergency action levels. The halon is used in place of water or CO2 which tends to damage or destroy the equipment.
The emergency action levels are:
Unusual Event - Minor screwup
Alert - You guys are starting to really mess up
Site Area Emergency - NRC is really going to be pissed.
General Emergency - Major malfunction with potential release of radioactive material to the environment.
"fatima, they are really playing it down on the news. They say it's a "low-level" incident; that whatever it is, it's contained within the plant; and as of right now, there's no danger to the public."
Yawn. It's in the non-nuclear part of the plant. This is only news if someone thinks release of a gas no more dangerous than air is of importance.
We had to evacuate our workplace one day because of a 'burnt smell' and fire detectors going off ... someone left their popcorn in the microwave oven too long.
But then again, mountain lions sleeping behind someones house gets national CNN and fox news attention, they are flogging still the aruba murder case like its national news ... so maybe a non-event at a power plant is 'news'.
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"BUSH'S FAULT!"
Oh, come on!
Why is it Bush's fault?
The article doesn't even mention Bush.
Umm....D'ya want to go back to my place?
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