[matt04]

How big are those generators? I have heard the press talk about them, both in this case and earlier in the year when one was surrounded by the flooded Mississippi river.

[wolfpat]

How big are those generators? I have heard the press talk about them, both in this case and earlier in the year when one was surrounded by the flooded Mississippi river.

Sorry I took so long getting back to this subject.

I don't know exactly how big the Diesel-generators are at North Anna, but the plant where I worked is just a tad smaller than North Anna, and ours were a bit over 8000 horsepower. They were expected to carry 6.5 MW over an extended period of time. When we did startup testing, we ran them at 7.2 MW.

Each fuel tank is required to have a minimum of 100,000 gallons in them (one tank for each diesel). We usually maintained at least 110,000 to 120,000 gallons

The Diesels start automatically on a loss of offsite power or on a Safety Injection signal. They go from a standstill to full speed in less than 10 seconds. The lube oil and jacket water is maintained hot so there will be no problem in starting the engines.

The engines are started by compressed air, sequentially fed into the cylinders to get the engine rolling. Each engine has two starting air receiver tanks that each have enough air to start the engine 5 times, without re-pressurizing the tanks.

Want to know anything else?