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Alert at Wolf Creek Nuclear Plant due to fire

Fire Puts Wolf Creek Nuclear Plant On Alert    http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/Fire-Puts-Wolf-Creek-Nuclear-Plant-On-Alert-278301841.html BURLINGTON, Kan. (KVOE) 6 Oct 14 –– Wolf Creek was under alert earlier Monday due to a fire. The fire was reported around 1:30 p.m., in one of two emergency diesel generator rooms. The plant’s on-site fire brigade successfully extinguished the fire before Coffey County firefighters arrived. Wolf Creek returned to normal operations around 3:45pm.
Non-essential plant personnel were evacuated, but have since been allowed back on-site. The alert issued is their second-to-lowest emergency classification.

The plant is stable at 100 percent, and there was no release of radiation due to this event. No injuries were reported.

The extent of the damage to the emergency diesel generator is unknown. It’s one of two backup generators that provide power in the case of a loss of both on-site and off-site power. As per regulation, the plant is now required to restore the emergency generator to operable status within 72 hours, or bring the plant offline.

October 8, 2014 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general