Fire shuts down NY nuclear plant

NRC Report: New York nuclear plant entered emergency plan because it couldn’t extinguish fire — FEMA, DHS were notified — Fukushima-type reactor

Enenews,

13 November, 2012

Title: Current Event Notification Report

Source: Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Date: Nov. 13, 2012

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Facility: FITZPATRICK

Region: 1 State: NY

Notification Date: 11/11/2012

Notification Time: 06:08 [ET]

Event Time: 03:55 [EST]

Event Text: REACTOR SCRAM DUE TO TURBINE TRIP FOLLOWED BY UNUSUAL EVENT DECLARED DUE TO MAIN TRANSFORMER AND BUS DUCT FIRE

“An unplanned, automatic reactor scram occurred at 0355 EST due to a Main Turbine trip signal [...] On-site fire brigade and offsite fire assistance have successfully extinguished the T-1A transformer fire. There is still an active fire in the T-1A bus ductwork [...] At 0545 EST the plant entered the emergency plan at the NUE [Notification of Unusual Event] level due to inability to successfully extinguish the fire.”

[...] Notified DHS SWO, FEMA, DHS NICC and NuclearSSA via email. [...]

According to an update at 8:10a ET: “Reactor level at 206 inches and pressure is at 530 pounds”

Enformable: “This weekend, a transformer fire at the FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant shut down the Fukushima-style BWR reactor, and has sidelined the station until a new transformer is installed.”

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FitzPatrick Nuclear Plant Near Oswego, New York Shut Down For Second Time In A Week

Huffington Post

12 November, 2012

Entergy Corp.'s FitzPatrick nuclear power plant on Lake Ontario in New York has shut down for the second time in a week. The shutdown early Sunday was triggered by a fire in the plant's main transformer.

Entergy Nuclear says the fire broke out around 5:45 a.m. and was extinguished at 6:30. The company says there was no release of radiation and no danger to employees or the public. It was reported as an "unusual event," the lowest of four event classifications by the Nuclear regulatory Commission.

FitzPatrick shut down on Nov. 4 when its turbine stopped during routine testing. It returned to operation after personnel replaced an electrical relay.

The plant is in Oswego County about 30 miles northwest of Syracuse, N.Y.

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