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After Hurricane Sandy – Questions and Answers About What Happened with A. Gundersen (Podcast)

Duration: 13.48 mins

Fairewinds

In this special edition question & answer podcast, Gundersen and Hurley discuss what effects Hurricane Sandy had on U.S. nuclear power plants, especially Oyster Creek. Gundersen explains how spent fuel pools are not configured to be cooled with diesel power in the event of a loss of offsite power. Oyster Creek and several other nuclear power plants did lose offsite power and Thomson Reuters reports that they may use fire pumps to cool the pools.

http://fairewinds.com/content/special-edition-podcast-after-hurricane-sandy-questions-and-answers-about-what-happened

October 31, 2012 - Posted by | Uncategorized

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