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Title: Sweden. IKEA. Meatballs. Jellyfish. Post by: Shockeye on August 29, 2005, 09:15:49 AM Quote Jellyfish Cause Reactor Shutdown in Sweden (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050829/ap_on_fe_st/sweden_nuclear_reactor) 1 hour, 37 minutes ago STOCKHOLM, Sweden - A Swedish nuclear power plant shut down one of its three reactors Monday because of an abnormal accumulation of jellyfish in the cooling system. The Oskarshamn plant in southeastern Sweden uses water from the Baltic Sea in its cooling tanks. The water has been unusually rich in jellyfish in recent weeks, but the problem grew worse Monday morning, forcing officials to shut down the reactor. "When there are too many jellyfish in the cooling water, the flow is hindered and we have to clean it to keep the reactor going at full effect," plant spokesman Erik Mattsen said. Operator OKG said there was no danger to the public. The reactor was to be restarted Tuesday. The Oscarshamn plant supplies about 10 percent of the electricity used in Sweden. The reactor that was shut down was commissioned in 1972 and was Sweden's first commercial nuclear power unit. Title: Re: Sweden. IKEA. Meatballs. Jellyfish. Post by: WayAbvPar on August 29, 2005, 09:16:51 AM Wow, that would make me sleep well at night if I lived nearby.
Title: Re: Sweden. IKEA. Meatballs. Jellyfish. Post by: Merusk on August 29, 2005, 09:27:02 AM Sven, what do we do with all these Jellyfish in the reactor?
Just throw them back in the sea. What's the worst that could happen? Title: Re: Sweden. IKEA. Meatballs. Jellyfish. Post by: Strazos on August 29, 2005, 12:41:52 PM And Sven would be correct; It's just the coolant. It doesn't become contaminated during the process.
Title: Re: Sweden. IKEA. Meatballs. Jellyfish. Post by: Furiously on August 29, 2005, 03:26:31 PM It's great until your heat exchanger developes a leak and the primary loop and the cooling loop start intermingling.
Title: Re: Sweden. IKEA. Meatballs. Jellyfish. Post by: Murgos on August 30, 2005, 05:48:24 AM It's great until your heat exchanger developes a leak and the primary loop and the cooling loop start intermingling. Which I'm sure happens all the time, unnoticed. Title: Re: Sweden. IKEA. Meatballs. Jellyfish. Post by: Sky on August 30, 2005, 06:28:06 AM This is common for cooling circuits, aquatic life thrives on the warmer outflow. Great fishing in Oswego.
Title: Re: Sweden. IKEA. Meatballs. Jellyfish. Post by: Furiously on August 30, 2005, 11:59:02 AM It's great until your heat exchanger developes a leak and the primary loop and the cooling loop start intermingling. Which I'm sure happens all the time, unnoticed. Happened in my furnace a few years back. Title: Re: Sweden. IKEA. Meatballs. Jellyfish. Post by: Sky on August 31, 2005, 06:16:30 AM It's great until your heat exchanger developes a leak and the primary loop and the cooling loop start intermingling. Which I'm sure happens all the time, unnoticed. Happened in my furnace a few years back. Title: Re: Sweden. IKEA. Meatballs. Jellyfish. Post by: Merusk on August 31, 2005, 06:48:09 AM (http://home.insightbb.com/~jcmounteer/homer-tabbed-browsing-zoomed.png)
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