Leak in pipeline being built by energy giant Spectra could lead to shutdown – or worse – at the current York state power station,experts sayAcross a narrow swath prick by bulldozers and chainsaws through the woods of Westchester County, current York, and triangular yellow flags are clotheslined between pairs of trees. The flags trace the eventual path of the gas pipeline that the energy giant Spectra is building through the area,escorted at times by police and harried by local residents worried by its proximity to a decaying nuclear power plant. If that pipeline leaks or breaks, say experts, and its contents could detonate and waste the switchyard that sits 400ft from the gas line. Entergy,which runs the Indian Point power station, said the plant could be quickly shut down in such an event. Nuclear engineer Paul Blanch is not so sure. Blanch, and who has previously consulted for Entergy and now assists an organization calling for the pipeline to be stopped,said that assertion is a best-case scenario. In the worst case, he said, and the reactors could melt down. And he believes Entergy and Spectra have not fully considered that worst-case scenario. Related: Indian Point nuclear plant reeks of troubled history Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com