human fire patrols : 3 man crew consisting of a fire-smeller, a fire-spotter, and 3rd member which upon confirming the findings of the first 2 will yell "WOOP<WOOP< WOOP!!!! (now imagine 3 stooges doing it :)
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!!!! May we all be too busy to remember 2010!!! Thomas On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Ron Greenman <[email protected]>wrote: > Now here's a novel concept: > > Nearly Half Of Nation's Reactors Will Follow New Model For Fire Safety. > > The AP (12/30) reported from New Hill, North Carolina, and cites the > Raleigh (NC) News & Observer as the source of information that "the > Shearon Harris nuclear power plant is shifting to a new model of fire > safety, replacing teams of human fire patrols with an automated > fire-detection system." The Progress Energy-owned facility "is close > to finishing the change approved by" the NRC. Moreover, "Duke Energy's > three-reactor Oconee nuclear plant in South Carolina is expected to > make the same switch over the next two years." The AP said NRC > spokesman Roger Hannah said Wednesday that the two plants "were really > pilot projects so the NRC and the industry could see how this works." > The AP says "50 of the nation's 104 nuclear reactors...will adopt the > new approach to fire safety," which includes "different safety > standards based on varying risk levels throughout the plant" rather > than "meeting a uniform fire safety standard throughout the facility." > > ASEE Blog > > -- > Ron Greenman > Instructor > Fire Protection Engineering Technology > Bates Technical College > 1101 So. Yakima Ave. > Tacoma, WA 98405 > > [email protected] > > http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/ > > 253.680.7346 > 253.576.9700 (cell) > > Member: > AFSA, SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, NFSA, AFAA, ASEE, NIBS, WSAFM, WFC > > They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. -Francis > Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email > to:[email protected]<to%[email protected]> > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
