French nuclear plant overheating fear

Associated Press ^ | 08/04/03 | Staff Writer

[montomike]

Exactly. The temperature inside the containment building was probably hot due to the outside ambient temperatures. If the containment cooling fans were having trouble keeping the temperature from butting up against limits, the building could be sprayed with water to attempt to cool the outside temperature of the dome / containment building and make more of a heat sink available. Remember, heat energy travels from hot to less hot.

Nukes have limits on temperatures on all the required systems necessary to keep the energy coming. Ya gotta shut down or reduce load if you exceed the temperature limits. It isn't like the reactor was out of control and excessively hot. The reactor temperature is tightly controlled and not allowed to deviate from required limits. That is a big no-no just like exceeding nuclear power limits. Gotta protect the core!

[Petronski]

Shivering in dark caves SUCKS!

[Petronski]

Le China Syndrome

Le Syndrome Chinois

[ffusco]

Mercy Buckets!

[AdmSmith]

They probably have sensors that registers the temperature inside the building and in case that it exceeds 50 C there is an automatic emergency shutdown. They have not anticipated that an increase in the temperature can be caused by sunny weather.

[Cboldt]

That's "Murky buckets"

[ffusco]

.......diffrent dialect from the Sans Avec region ; )

[A CA Guy]

Another good reason for Americans to avoid France for at least 50 years.

[gcruse]

.......diffrent dialect from the Sans Avec region ; )

[snort]

Reminds me of Flatpoint High and Mountain Valley High from Strangers With Candy.
Not  to mention our own bluntpoint.

[ffusco]

Remember Latka's revulsion that Simka was a "mountain girl"? (Taxi)

[gcruse]

I remember the episode but now that. Was she from Sans Avec?

[ffusco]

Mountain Valley. Nice town in the upper lowlands.

[ffusco]

Sorry, I non-sequitered....

[biblewonk]

False dichotomies suck!

[Petronski]

False propaganda about nuclear energy sucks all the more.

[biblewonk]

Not nearly as bad as nukes themselves.