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Posted on 5/13/11 at 1:18 pm
Posted on 5/13/11 at 1:18 pm
I was just thinking: If the Mississippi jumps to the Atchafalaya, will River Bend and Waterford have enough cooling water to continue to operate?
I am not trying to freak anybody out. I am sure they would have time to shut down, and we would not have a Japan situation. But could they restart, or would they become relics?
I am not trying to freak anybody out. I am sure they would have time to shut down, and we would not have a Japan situation. But could they restart, or would they become relics?
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Posted on 5/13/11 at 1:20 pm to JudgeHolden
No comment
Posted on 5/13/11 at 1:27 pm to JudgeHolden
seriously?
Posted on 5/13/11 at 1:27 pm to sec13rowBBseat28
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No comment
Uh-oh.
Posted on 5/13/11 at 1:38 pm to JudgeHolden
If I go to the top of the state capitol in Baton Rouge should I be dry if their is a levee breach
Is that high enough?
Is that high enough?
Posted on 5/13/11 at 1:41 pm to nicholastiger
If it isn't look for an old man on a boat with a lot of animals on board. (No, not a Cajun operating a floating grocery store 
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)Posted on 5/13/11 at 2:35 pm to Quidam65
The cooling water for the reactor cooling pumps is contained on site. The outside water (Mississippi River for Waterford (PSR)& Cooling tower for River Bend (BWR)) is for the turbin condensors. I am also sure that their emergency generators (Which failed in Japan) have been checked again.
Posted on 5/13/11 at 2:38 pm to lpotterusa
quote:
The cooling water for the reactor cooling pumps is contained on site. The outside water (Mississippi River for Waterford (PSR)& Cooling tower for River Bend (BWR)) is for the turbin condensors. I am also sure that their emergency generators (Which failed in Japan) have been checked again.
So could they run it if the volume of water in the River dropped significantly? (I am hoping for a yes here.)
Posted on 5/13/11 at 2:40 pm to Walt OReilly
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seriously?
Posted on 5/13/11 at 2:42 pm to JudgeHolden
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So could they run it if the volume of water in the River dropped significantly? (I am hoping for a yes here.)
seriously? douchebag, if they open the spillway the river will still be WELL above flood stage. it's not like the river is going to by dry...
Posted on 5/13/11 at 2:45 pm to nacho24
No, his initial post was that if the Mississippi diverted course and went down the Atchafalaya, would there be enough water flow remaining in the Mississippi channel to operate the cooling plants.
Posted on 5/13/11 at 2:48 pm to JudgeHolden
The Mississippi would have to drop pretty low to drop below the intakes. They can go to a cold shutdown without it. The river has had low flow periods before. There were times that the salt water of the gulf flowed under the current and surfaced in New Orleans leaving green spots on the surface.
When one day the Mississippi shifts westward leaving the current river salty, all of the power & chemical plants would need to make major adjustments to handle the salt water
When one day the Mississippi shifts westward leaving the current river salty, all of the power & chemical plants would need to make major adjustments to handle the salt water
Posted on 5/13/11 at 2:52 pm to lpotterusa
Any portion of the river at or below sea level will back fill by the gulf.
Posted on 5/13/11 at 3:00 pm to nacho24
My question:
[/quote]If the Mississippi jumps to the Atchafalaya,
So you might want to rethink this statement:
[quote]seriously? douchebag, if they open the spillway the river will still be WELL above flood stage. it's not like the river is going to by dry...
In other words, ease up there, Sonny Boy.
[/quote]If the Mississippi jumps to the Atchafalaya,
So you might want to rethink this statement:
[quote]seriously? douchebag, if they open the spillway the river will still be WELL above flood stage. it's not like the river is going to by dry...
In other words, ease up there, Sonny Boy.
Posted on 5/13/11 at 3:10 pm to JudgeHolden
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JudgeHolden
I'm a dumbass from time to time. I accept when I'm wrong....
Sorry about that buddy. 
Posted on 5/13/11 at 3:18 pm to nacho24
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I'm a dumbass from time to time.
Me too. Sadly, I am a dumbass more often than just "from time to time."
Don't sweat it.
Posted on 5/13/11 at 3:20 pm to lpotterusa
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Through New Orleans, the river depth averages 200 feet
I am going to get this about half right, but here goes.
I am told that the bottom of the big rivers cut so deep that they reach the salt water sands below them. That means the bottom layer of the Mississippi River is salty.
Posted on 5/13/11 at 4:32 pm to JudgeHolden
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Sadly, I am a dumbass more often than just "from time to time."
touche, me too
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