Unintended Consequences
Diablo Canyon Power Plant
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.56094/jss.v51i3.145Keywords:
Diablo Canyon, accident, nuclear, lessons learned, environmentAbstract
On October 21, 2008, Reactor Unit 2 at the Diablo Canyon Power Plant in San Luis Obispo County, California was manually scrammed when operators detected inadequate flow of cooling water to the circulating water system. The power plant obtained cooling water from the Pacific Ocean. The water entered an intake structure by passing through bar racks, and then flowed through traveling screen assemblies. The bar racks and screens prevented debris and sea life from entering the circulating water pumps.
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2015-10-01
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Hardy, T. (2015). Unintended Consequences: Diablo Canyon Power Plant. Journal of System Safety, 51(3), 16. https://doi.org/10.56094/jss.v51i3.145
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