Because it's totally safe, you know.
Entergy Corp. shut its 1,020-megawatt Indian Point 2 reactor in New York after a transformer explosion, according to a report from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
“We will be investigating the explosion to try to determine the cause,” Jim Steets, a spokesman for Entergy, said in a telephone interview. The incident yesterday at 6:39 p.m. caused the reactor to automatically shut down.
The Garden State's only nuclear power plant was forced to shut down Sunday night because of a radioactive leak.
A 24-inch pipe in Vermont Yankee's feedwater system is leaking radioactive water at about 60 drops per minute. A spokesman for the reactor, which is owned by Entergy Corp., is quoted in local reports as saying the leak is within a building and does not pose a public health risk.
These power plants are ticking time bombs. And yes, I know the Obama administration intends to regulate the new power plants. But what happens when Wingnut President X takes office and deregulates the industry? Tick tick tick tick...