Wednesday, March 25, 2015

National Investigation Reveals Alarming Number of Attacks on U.S. Power Grid

Via Joe

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When it comes to the nation’s power grid, there’s a lot at stake, and enemies know it because they’ve attacked electric utilities hundreds of times within the past several years.

An investigation by USAToday and more than 10 of its community newspapers and television stations across the country found that between 2011 and 2014 alone, there were 362 reported physical and cyberattacks by electric utilities that resulted in partial power outages or disturbances.

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9 comments:

  1. Pirate MorganMarch 25, 2015 at 3:56 PM

    But no one is not ready for such an obvious target to be hit.... Right?

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  2. Pirate MorganMarch 25, 2015 at 4:51 PM

    Now that's really scary

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  3. AnonymousMarch 26, 2015 at 12:56 AM

    The grid going down will not cause our nuclear plants any problems. Fukushima only had problems when the back up generators that run the back up pumps in a power failure were submerged .

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    1. AnonymousMarch 26, 2015 at 9:34 AM

      One estimate I read said a total grid down event such an EMP attack or Solar Flare situation would take the US more than 8 years to recover from.
      How long will the emergency power generators at the nukes run? How long will the fuel for them hold out?

      This is a question not a comment but there is some point out in the future
      where if the power grid is not restored that the emergency power at the nukes will fall silent.

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    2. Brock TownsendMarch 26, 2015 at 11:58 AM

      I lived without it at times in Vietnam, so I guess I'll survive again. :) I don't like hot or cold, but a hot climate doesn't require the labor to chop wood and so forth. People will probably gravitate towards warmer climes.

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  4. AnonymousMarch 27, 2015 at 12:40 AM

    In a power loss situation, the reactor would automatically SCRAM, which means all control rods would be inserted and nuclear fission would cease almost instantly. Due to what is called decay heat, nuetrons still bouncing around a bit, 7% is still being produced. Pumps will be run for a few hours to a day or so depending on the units design or what percentage it was operating at. In a cooling water failure, the unit would SCRAM, and boron automatically injected to cease all fission with no decay heat.

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