Coolant Leak at Fermi II Nuclear Plant -- 75 gallons per minute

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State and county safety officials were called to the Fermi II nuclear plant in Monroe early Monday evening to investigate a coolant leak situation.

Michigan, Wayne and Monroe County authorities responded to what they called a "situation" within the plant around 6:00 p.m.

Minutes later, DTE officials confirmed that there were indications that there had been a leak of reactor coolant into the containment area. There were no evacuations at the plant, and there were no signs of any release of radiation.

Stay tuned to Action News for more on this developing story as it becomes available.
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D'oh
 
So...regular coolant would be bad enough. Is reactor coolant any worse than regular coolant?
 
It shouldn't be; it should just be warmer. The same water is eventually released into the same body of water it's drawn from. The concern would be that the leak would prevent enough water from flowing through the reactor, leading to overheating.
 
I just know that Diablo Canyon takes water from the ocean, runs it through the plant and spits it back into the ocean about 10 degrees warmer. A totally different ecosystem has developed in the cove where the water is released because of the different water temperature.
 
Yes what you are describing is NOT the PRIMARY coolant loop.

I think it's a fricken' hoot that the western your-a-peons
have given millions to the Rooskies to try to keep their plants from going supernova.

Liquid sodium primary coolant, that rocks!!!
 
Winky said:
Yes what you are describing is NOT the PRIMARY coolant loop.

I think it's a fricken' hoot that the western your-a-peons
have given millions to the Rooskies to try to keep their plants from going supernova.

Liquid sodium primary coolant, that rocks!!!
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Meh, its bad for us if their plants go up given that most winds from Russia blow in our direction so it's more self preservation than care for our fellow man ;)
 
Reactors use a double loop cooling system. A closed loop is exposed to the radioactive core. It goes from the core (in the form of steam) to a turbine, then to a condenser,where it exchanges heat with an open loop of plain water that is then returned to the cooling pond. The turbine gets spun by the steam, and spins a generator, which makes electricity.

The primary closed loop coolant is reactor specific. Some designs use liquid sodium. Some, like the canadian built CANDU reactors use only heavy water. It should be noted that the CANDU reactors are considered world wide to be the safest design yet. The Chinese love them.
 
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