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South Texas Project Reactors Power Through Hurricane Harvey
Nuclear Street ^ | August 30, 2017 | Nuclear Street

Posted on 08/30/2017 7:27:34 AM PDT by 103198

It is safe to say that solar panel installations in the path of Hurricane Harvey are finding it impossible or nearly so to generate electricity this week in south Texas.

It is also safe to say that wind turbines in the area are not faring so well, either. According to the online news source North American Wind Power, one large installation in the path of the storm sent all 39 workers home as the hurricane closed in, but operated remotely until the wind hit 55 mph. It was then shut down. Others were challenged by the “intermittency of wind” said a knowledgeable source.

Many wind farms shut down automatically when the wind surges to extreme conditions, the article said.

But two reactors at the South Texas Project, 90 miles southwest of Houston, kept churning out power despite the conditions outside, Reuters reported.

The reactors kept operating despite the storm with wind gusts that peaked at 130 mph.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: hurricaneharvey; nuclearpower; reactors
More Nukes, less kooks...
1 posted on 08/30/2017 7:27:34 AM PDT by 103198
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To: 103198
Something to say about underground gas lines. My gas never goes off. It's the electricity that flips the switch to urn on my furnace.

Install gas stoves instead of electric is one solution.

2 posted on 08/30/2017 7:38:15 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: 103198

You mean those highly subsidized commodities become worthless when it rains??


3 posted on 08/30/2017 7:39:15 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau; xsmommy; tioga; Louis Foxwell; LS; secret garden; BenLurkin; SoothingDave

My brother’s plant.


4 posted on 08/30/2017 7:48:58 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

One of my younger cousins works there


5 posted on 08/30/2017 8:04:09 AM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

Tell him thank you.


6 posted on 09/02/2017 6:23:50 PM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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