Transformer fires trigger emergency shutdown of Waterford 3 nuclear plant
March 25, 2024
Entergy’s Waterford 3 nuclear generating plant in Killona was forced to shut down last week after two transformers caught fire in the plant’s main transformer yard, according to the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
The fires and emergency SCRAM, or shut-down, of the reactor by rapid insertion of its control rods resulted in the plant’s emergency director declaring an “unusual event,” the lowest level of emergency events at a nuclear reactor, at 12:09 a.m. Friday.
