St. Louis, MO: Earlier today, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued an event notice for the unplanned shutdown of the Callaway 1 nuclear reactor, which is owned and operated by Ameren Missouri. The NRC notes that radiation is above normal in the containment building.
Today is the third time the Callaway 1 nuclear reactor has undergone an unplanned shutdown within the last two years; on July 26, 2013 there was a fire near a turbine and on December 23, 2014 the turbine tripped. The Callaway 1 nuclear reactor also leaked radioactive Tritium and Colbalt-60 above the Environmental Protection Agency’s drinking water guidelines within the last year.
“We expect unplanned shutdowns and other problems to increase as the nuclear reactor ages much like you expect your car to have more problems as it ages,” said Ed Smith with the Missouri Coalition for the Environment. “The event today appears to be part of a trend, which we would expect from an aging nuclear reactor or any other type of aging complex machinery.”
http://themissouritimes.com/20103/unplanned-shutdown-elevated-radioactive-levels-at-ameren-missouris-callaway-1-nuclear-reactor-containment-building/
NUCLEAR EVENT Missouri Reactor Has Shutdown
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