The extended shutdown created a shortage of medical radioisotopes of which Canada produced about 60 per cent of the world's supply.
If you get into an extended shutdown, you may have to look at it and say, does it work, putting the resources necessary to bring it up?
What if an extended shutdown erodes an already modest fan base and television viewing audience?
In 2004 the reactor was shutdown for a scheduled stop and has been in a state of extended shutdown since.
The reactor has been in extended shutdown since 2004.
Without them, the reactor could suffer fast power excursions during startup from state with too few self-generated neutrons (new core or after extended shutdown).
This shook the plant beyond design basis and initiated an extended shutdown for inspection, which indicated that greater earthquake-proofing was needed before operation could be resumed.
Rusted Water Valves One reason is the extended shutdowns for safety.
Faced with that wait, the utility said today that it would use the extended shutdown to refuel, rather than following its original schedule.
This initiated an extended shutdown for structural inspection which indicated that a greater earthquake-proofing was needed before operation could be resumed.