What is happening with Michigan's nuclear power plants? The Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant in Michigan was reported to have a fire yesterday.
The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued an alert Thursday morning that there was a potential fire, but no actual fire was found. MLive reports that the fire protection system for the vault where the fire was detected is out of service.
A local radio news outlet reported last year that the nuclear facility had disabled all of its warning sirens in favor of mobile alert, which is a perfect example of the United States' nuclear infrastructure.
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The Cook nuclear plant has racked up fines and had to temporarily shut down in 1997 due to grave safety concerns.
Nuclear incidents surface in the same state if you dig a little deeper. The longest nuclear refueling and maintenance outage in 2020 was for Fermi 2, which lasted from March to August, and was the same time period as the partial core meltdown of the 1960s.
Nuclear power is a tempting stopgap, but it might not be the most effective energy solution. Even with modern safety precautions, events can still spin out of control. We don't have a plan for containing radioactive waste, which stays toxic for hundreds of thousands of years. New plants cost a lot and Uranium is a pollutant.
In the face of all that, you would think that the plants in Michigan would be on top of their game, but that is not the case.
Will we be able to come up with effective strategies before another nuclear disaster? Time will tell.
It is possible to build extremely safe nuclear power plants according to Musk.
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