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“A deid (dead) Bell from Glasgow”
“Never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.”

The Mühleberg Nuclear Reactor, near Bern Switzerland, powered down automatically (SCRAM), due to a problem with the water feed system at 11 am on Monday, July 6, 2015. The level of water in the reactor pressure vessel briefly dropped. This was caused by a problem with the water feed system. The reason for the problem is still being analyzed, according to ENSI. http://www.ensi.ch/fr/2015/07/06/centrale-nucleaire-de-muehleberg-arret-automatique-du-reacteur-en-raison-dun-derangement-dans-le-systeme-dalimentation/

Was this somehow caused by the heatwave in Switzerland? Was it caused by Mühleberg’s cracked reactor pressure vessel shroud, whose cracks have been growing since first found in 1990? A pump failure?

Whatever the cause, this incident is a reminder. It is like the banshee keening a warning sign of pending death, while washing the shroud of those about to die. It is the…