Connecticut's

Heat Shuts Down a Coastal Reactor

Connecticut's

C.M. Glover for The New York Times A reactor ceased operations on Sunday at the Millstone Nuclear Power Station in Waterford, Conn. A reactor at the Millstone nuclear plant in Waterford, Conn., has shut down because of something that its 1960s designers never anticipated: the water in Long Island Sound was too warm to cool it. Under the reactor’s safety rules, the cooling water can be no higher than 75 degrees. On Sunday afternoon, the water’s temperature soared to 76.7 degrees, prompting the operator, Dominion Power, to order the shutdown of the 880-megawatt reactor. “Temperatures this summer are the warmest we’ve had since operations began here at Millstone,’’ said a spokesman for Dominion, Ken Holt. The plant’s first reactor, now retired, began operation in 1970. The plant’s third reactor was still running on Monday, but engineers were watching temperature trends carefu...

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@LewRichmond » 06 Sep '12, 12am
Tii hit weather shuts down E. Coast nuclear reactor ocean too warm. [link]
@mutaco79 » 20 Aug '12, 9pm
RT @AllisonAsp: #Nuclear plant in #Connecticut shuts down because #water in Long Island Sound is too warm to cool it. [link]
@TransitCarbone » 20 Aug '12, 11am
Le réchauffement climatique commence à impacter directement les centrales thermiques et nucléaires [link]
@andrestrada » 19 Aug '12, 2pm
RT @DanJCass: If weather = hot then #nuclear reactor = fail #GlobalWarming #Irony [link]
@AdamScottEnv » 17 Aug '12, 3pm
"Heat Shuts Down a Coastal Reactor" unexpected consequences of a warming climate? [link] @nyt #onpoli
@OReillyMedia » 17 Aug '12, 2pm
Two very different scales on which "it worked fine until..." creates problems. [link] and [link] -SSL
@RoyGrizzly » 17 Aug '12, 2pm
RT @ThierrySalomon: Sympa en fait le réchauffement climatique : il arrête le nucléaire [link] et les gaz de schistes [link] !
@ThierrySalomon » 17 Aug '12, 2pm
Sympa en fait le réchauffement climatique : il arrête le nucléaire [link] et les gaz de schistes [link] !
@MichelesWeb » 16 Aug '12, 6pm
RT @greenpowerplan: Warm water temperature shuts down the CT Millstone nuclear plant [link]
@EnvMkts » 16 Aug '12, 12pm
Remember: Too cheap to meter? Here's a new one: Too hot to cool. Millstone unit shuts cuz LI Sound is 76.7F, >75 limit [link]
@NucleaireSiVil » 16 Aug '12, 5am
USA: Eau trop chaude, un reacteur cotier doit stopper (en anglais) le #nucleaire est intermittent ! [link]
@JimmyTheSnout » 16 Aug '12, 5am
RT @Momentrabbit: NOW can we agree there's a problem? "Reactor in CT shut down: Long Island Sound too warm to cool it. [link] /via @gillyarcht"
@EI_Water » 15 Aug '12, 9pm
#water Heat Shuts Down a Coastal Reactor: NYT [link] *nuclear's dirty secret, huge amounts water to cool
@bendicoot » 15 Aug '12, 7pm
Another reason to go solar @ddefranza Nuclear reactor in CT shut down because the water in LI Sound is too warm [link]
@Sallan_Found » 15 Aug '12, 5pm
@DavidFerris @MattWaldNYT See news on CT plant shutdown because Long Island Sound water was so hot [link]"
@weywerdSun » 15 Aug '12, 5pm
RT @DonnyG75: Water too warm to cool reactor. What global warming? - [link] - @weywerdSun
@DonnyG75 » 15 Aug '12, 4pm
Water too warm to cool reactor. What global warming? - [link] - @weywerdSun
@Bogeon » 15 Aug '12, 4pm
수온이 높아 미국 코네티컷 주 해안의 핵발전소 가동 중단. [link] via @gillyarcht @debcha @bruces
@educatingbrybry » 15 Aug '12, 3pm
Mill Stone Power Plant was shut down on Sunday!! [link]
@TomR2D2 » 15 Aug '12, 3pm
@ABFalecbaldwin "Heat Shuts Down a Coastal Reactor" [link]
@jlcorbacho » 15 Aug '12, 2pm
Nukes are not ready for the Global Warming either ... RT @ClimateReality: Power plants say #ImTooHot this summer: [link]
@craz3z » 15 Aug '12, 1pm
@acaproactive RT @climatereality: Reactors forced to shut down as cooling water becomes warm, scarce [link]
@JM_Filgueiras » 15 Aug '12, 1pm
RT @ClimateReality: Power plants say #ImTooHot this summer: Reactors forced to shut down as cooling water becomes warm and scarce [link]
@ClimateReality » 15 Aug '12, 1pm
Power plants say #ImTooHot this summer: Reactors forced to shut down as cooling water becomes warm and scarce [link]
@Momentrabbit » 15 Aug '12, 1pm
NOW can we agree there's a problem? "Reactor in CT shut down: Long Island Sound too warm to cool it. [link] /via @gillyarcht"
@No_more_waste » 15 Aug '12, 12pm
RT @blindspotting: RT @msheatherluna: RT @billmckibben: Nuke shuts down--seawater for the first time too warm to cool it. [link]
@Mikoshoes17 » 15 Aug '12, 11am
RT @deBeauxOs1: RT @billmckibben Nuke shuts down--seawater for the first time too warm to cool it. [link] #climate
@pufpufiye » 15 Aug '12, 10am
RT @dulfersitz_: akkuyu'ya yapın siz santrali, soğutamadığınız zaman da kapatıp anıt mezar yaparsınız. [link]
@Free_in_nature » 15 Aug '12, 10am
RT @Orimaus: Bravo!@PaulNeau: Du jamais vu : 1 réacteur #nucléaire US arrêté car eau de refroidissement (la mer) tp chaude [link] #nuclear
@blindspotting » 15 Aug '12, 9am
RT @msheatherluna: RT @billmckibben: Nuke shuts down--seawater for the first time too warm to cool it. [link]
@_i_d » 15 Aug '12, 8am
akkuyu'ya yapın siz santrali, soğutamadığınız zaman da kapatıp anıt mezar yaparsınız. [link]
@nippon_kaikaku » 15 Aug '12, 8am
RT @tanakameg: 温暖化が原発に与える影響：海水温が原子炉冷却に適した温度を超えたためコネチカット州の原子炉が停止。中西部では干ばつにより取水パイプが海面から出たため原子炉停止したケースも。このまま温暖化が続けば多くの原子炉で対策が求められる。[link]
@ethicalreport » 15 Aug '12, 6am
(ron) Funny thing about the environment, when it starts to change you find out how complicated our dependence on... [link]
@LJWalker53 » 15 Aug '12, 6am
Well, this isn't good... [link]
@DanJCass » 15 Aug '12, 5am
If weather = hot then #nuclear reactor = fail #GlobalWarming #Irony [link]
@oParasiteSingle » 15 Aug '12, 4am
RT @pdjmoo: #NuclearPower No Answer for #ClimateChange: Heat Shuts Down US Nuclear Reactor [link] #nuclearwaste
@JMHamel » 15 Aug '12, 3am
RT @Sailors_Warning: Heat Shuts Down a New England Reactor [link]
@PollyWashburn » 15 Aug '12, 2am
Zoiks! RT @billmckibben Nuke shuts down--seawater for the first time too warm to cool it. [link]
@pdjmoo » 15 Aug '12, 2am
#NuclearPower No Answer for #ClimateChange: Heat Shuts Down US Nuclear Reactor [link] #nuclearwaste
@lsoderman » 15 Aug '12, 2am
Climate change has effects beyond storms. Like shutting down nuclear plants that weren't designed for the warmer... [link]
@goforgold80s » 15 Aug '12, 2am
RT @forgottennavajo: Going Coastal - "A reactor at the Millstone nuclear plant in Waterford, Conn., has shut down because of something... [link]
@CliffARobinson » 15 Aug '12, 2am
This is something that must have my friends and family back home "happy". The local Nuclear Power Plant had to... [link]
@forgottennavajo » 15 Aug '12, 2am
Going Coastal - "A reactor at the Millstone nuclear plant in Waterford, Conn., has shut down because of something... [link]
@Orimaus » 15 Aug '12, 12am
Bravo!@PaulNeau: Du jamais vu : 1 réacteur #nucléaire US arrêté car eau de refroidissement (la mer) tp chaude [link] #nuclear
@Chandlerllc » 14 Aug '12, 11pm
“@greenforyou: Warm water temp shuts down the CT Millstone nuclear plant #green [link]” Here we go towards chaos #green
@cyclegeekgirl » 14 Aug '12, 11pm
RT @ddefranza CT Nuclear reactor shut down bc water in Long Island Sound is too warm to cool it [link] /Time to go solar yet?
@PedroEstevamPom » 14 Aug '12, 9pm
RT @ALuizCosta: Aquecimento da água do mar força reator nuclear no Connecticut a fechar. Na construção, anos 60, ninguém previu [link]
@Sailors_Warning » 14 Aug '12, 9pm
Heat Shuts Down a New England Reactor [link]
@ALuizCosta » 14 Aug '12, 8pm
Aquecimento da água do mar força reator nuclear no Connecticut a fechar. Na construção, anos 60, ninguém previu [link]
@ALuizCosta » 14 Aug '12, 8pm
RT @TomDispatch: Does Nature have an ironic sense of humor or what? [link]