Pumping Facilities News Today

At the plant for 30 years. number one, are you worried about flooding and number two, how do they prepare? >> im not worried about flooding here. they have plenty of pumps to get rid of the water that comes in. also they got modifications that they have done since fukushima to bring in engine-driven pumping facilities. to help with that. also the staff trains continu s continuously on this type of event. the nuclear operating people have usually about once every five weeks they are in a training...

The national weather service says the cape fear river could rise more than 20 feet above normal. also of concern, the several major nuclear power plants which lie in the hurricanes projected path. the brunswick nuclear power plant was built in the 1970s and has the same design as the fukushima power plant in japan which suffered catastrophic meltdowns after the 2011 snappy. >> theres plenty of pumps to get rid of the water that comes in, and also they have got some modifications that they have d...

Levee system has been improved. this is not an event where it ever destroyed levees but this is an event, significant rain and wind. when it comes to low lying areas, they dont have the pumping facilities to liquidatity water out of the parrish remember. if theres a significant rain event, two feet to three feet, then that population is still exposed and those groups should have implemented their evacuation procedures. they chose not to. thats something the legislature has to look into, why did ...