29 Ağustos 2005 Pazartesi

Nuclear Jellyfish?

I have always been fascinated with nuclear technology - both fission and fusion - and also have always hated jellyfish, ever since they covered the beach that one year back in my childhood in Wildwood, NJ. But I never thought those two "interests" would come together.
A Swedish nuclear power plant shut down one of its three reactors Monday because of an abnormal accumulation of jellyfish in the cooling system.
The Oskarshamn plant in southeastern Sweden uses water from the Baltic Sea in its cooling tanks.
The water has been unusually rich in jellyfish in recent weeks, but the problem grew worse Monday morning, forcing officials to shut down the reactor.
"When there are too many jellyfish in the cooling water, the flow is hindered and we have to clean it to keep the reactor going at full effect," plant spokesman Erik Mattsen said.
Somehow I suspect that even Hollywood would think twice before putting out a nuclear thriller based on the idea of nuclear jellyfish. Maybe not the Sci Fi channel, though. They have been churning out "big animal" horror movies like Hershey churns out chocolate, these days.

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