[OCCASparky]

Does it make anyone else nervous when there are "unusual events" at nuclear power plants? I live about 10 miles from Monticello in Minnesota.

Look at what it takes to declare an unusual event and there are lots and lots of things that have nothing to do with nuclear power that can cause that to occur. I'll be willing to bet that St. Lucie or some other southern plants will probably be declaring UE's based solely on wind come this weekend.

[Dead Corpse]

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for nuclear power. If they ever get around to building that "steam-turbine/thorium" reactor for cars, I'll probably buy one.

It was the terminology that struck me as funny. "Unusual event". They had an EARTHQUAKE. The systems were shut down, I assume as a precaution more than anything. Especially in light of what happened at Fukushima.

"Unusual" conjured up images of a Homer Simpson-esque mishap...

Thanks for the additional info though. :-)