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The reactor status for Hatch Reactor 1 was reported as 50% on Sept. 11th and Sept. 12th, which seems to support the possibility of a fire on site. It was at 96% on Sept. 10th. Satellite imagery noted an apparent fire at the Hatch Nuclear Power Station, when passing over at 18.29 UTC, 14.29 (2.29 pm) EDT on Sept. 11th. While the image shows it as most likely in the transformer yard, a fire could have been elsewhere, as it is not perfectly precise.

Detection Date: 11 Sep 2016, Detection Time: 18:29 UTC, Confidence: 45 http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/index.php

E. I. Hatch is one of many nuclear power stations which has potentially defective Schneider Masterpact breakers: “The higher contact resistance at any one finger contact could cause an unacceptable temperature rise at that connection point. At very high temperatures, the springs that maintain the finger contact pressure could relax, which would further…