"Nuclear Power plants are shutting down b/c the cooling ponds are freezing & don't have heaters, nor do the pipes that move the water have insulation tape." What actually happened: On Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, at 0537, an automatic reactor trip occurred at South Texas Project in Unit 1. The trip resulted from a loss of feedwater attributed to a cold weather-related failure of a pressure sensing lines to the feedwater pumps, causing a false signal, which in turn, caused the feedwater pump to trip. This event occurred in the secondary side of the plant (non-nuclear part of the unit). The reactor trip was a result of the feedwater pump trips. The primary side of the plant (nuclear side) is safe and secured. He's just making **** up.
It's a quote from Vicki Rowland, the lead for Internal Communications at the STP Nuclear Operating Company. Not as great of a source as a "power engineering student" with 1K followers on twitter. https://atomicinsights.com/south-texas-project-unit-1-tripped-at-0537-on-feb-15-2021/ Was the sensor lost due to the cold? Yeah probably but this fool is talking about insulation tape. The nuke is already back online and is ramping slowly. Will be back on the grid soon. https://www.victoriaadvocate.com/co...cle_7126430a-709a-11eb-a770-cb3d1f5f9219.html
No I am not biased, you are despicable because you want to shut down a whole thread because you say this guy said some false stuff and because he is a "student". You want to shut down this thread because its shining a non flattering light on your side and the sins of deregulation a tentpole of Republicans. You also have issues with it showing Republicans flat out lying. Why did that particular tweet cause you so much issue and nothing else?
You are not biased? Are you serious bro? That particular tweet was laughable and as a nuclear advocate I wanted to correct the record. We have about 20 people on here advocating wind but one guy standing up for nukes triggers you. 730 MW lol
Those things are not mutually exclusive. This disproves nothing the sensor trip occurred because of freezing water which can be attributed to not winterizing pipes. "About 5:30 a.m. Monday, workers at the South Texas Nuclear Project shutdown the Unit 1 reactor because of freezing water, said Matagorda County Judge Nate McDonald." On Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, at 0537, an automatic reactor trip occurred at South Texas Project in Unit 1. The trip resulted from a loss of feedwater attributed to a cold weather-related failure of a pressure sensing lines to the feedwater pumps, causing a false signal, which in turn, caused the feedwater pump to trip.
You were not standing up for nuclear and nobody was talking about Nuclear anyway. And the reason people are talking about Wind is because of the laughably false things Republicans are saying about Wind, yet you have no issue with those lies. And no what that guy said is not laughable at least not from what you have posted.
If you are arguing he was correct, please provide his source. Preferably that includes insulation tape and someone in authority.
The thread was posted talking about nuclear. Literally the guy we are talking about, was talking about nuclear. crap I forgot you are insane. Post his source please.
I don't know if he correct or not and it seems you don't either so it's not on me to provide his source, it's on you to prove he is not correct since you are the one making claims that this thread should be shut down.
The thread was posted talking about issues to the infrastructure and you are the one that needs to prove he was wrong, which you have not. What usually are the causes of water to freeze in a system? How do you usually curtail that water freezing issue?
What does this have to do with anything. Talk about being insane. How does it seem that wind is the least reliable because Texas did not winterize their wind turbines? Who the hell cares which is most reliable they all break down if you don't winterize them and have no regulation to make sure those things are done.
Wind is fine if you weatherproof. The Dakotas and Western Minnesota have tons of gigantic wind farms (because its flat, windy prairie). There are towns here in Western Minnesota that are almost exclusively powered by wind now. Nuclear is reliable precisely because of all the required redundancies and planning. That sort of thing can be applied to any form of power generation and transmission.
I disagree. Nuke is reliable because all the fuel you need for years is not being delivered during process, it is onsite already.
Okay but why would wind be the least reliable? Its not. Those Wind turbines were not properly weatherized at all and wind turbines do way better in much colder places so what gives? Even in the article you gave me those Wind turbines still over performed or were in line with ERCOT's expectation. I dont see how this an indictment on wind power?
