On 28/10/13 15:12, David.WE.Roberts wrote:
On Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:50:33 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 28/10/13 10:37, Dave Liquorice wrote:
Seems to have been an instant drop of about 1 GW sourced from nuclear
just after 0700 this morning. Capacity taken up by pumped and hydro.
The EDF .pdf nuke status page hasn't been updated since the 21st.

What has dropped off line?

Dungeness IIRC, It lost the grid connection and shut down

BBC have a story somewhere.

Telegrope blames 'hurricane force winds' - I thought they hadn't turned up
apart from in pulp fiction.

Cheers

Dave R

(Reuters) - The storm that swept across southern Britain on Monday
morning caused nuclear power outages at the Dungeness B21 and B22 units,
operator EDF Energy said.

EDF Energy said on its website that both units, which have a capacity of
550 megawatts (MW) each, came off at 0744 GMT on Monday, adding that
unit availability was expected to be zero for the next seven days.

"The shutdown was weather-related. The plant reacted as it should and
shut down safely," an EDF Energy spokeswoman said.

The company said in a separate statement that both reactors were shut
after power to the site was cut off.

"The station is liaising with National Grid regarding returning the
power supply," the statement said.

A strong storm battered southern parts of England and Wales early on
Monday, with wind speeds reaching almost 100 miles per hour, cutting
power supplies to around 220,000 homes, forcing flight cancellations,
disrupting trains and closing many roads and bridges.

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