Pacific Spirit Marine Institute
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Campus police are requesting that people stay off campus during the nighttime hours so that emergency crews can do their work. Besides dealing with downed power lines and trees as well as flooding, Ward Hall, which houses K-State’s nuclear reactor was severely damaged.
Mo Hosni, head of K-State’s department of mechanical and nuclear engineering said, “There is no danger from the reactor, even if the roof and walls had been damaged. Classes scheduled for today at Kansas State University are cancelled.
The Nuclear Event Report at the NRC website has listed the Emergency Class: ALERT
10 CFR Section:
50.72(a) (1) (i) – EMERGENCY DECLARED
Event Text
The research reactor building at the Kansas State University was damaged due to a tornado onsite. There is extensive damage to the building. The reactor was shutdown properly earlier in the day. There is no damage to the reactor. There is a loss of power onsite however, this type of reactor requires no active cooling. The reactor is shutdown and stable.
The Alert condition at the site has been terminated. Conditions requiring entry into the Alert have been rectified.
Damage at the school from the tornado could exceed $20 million dollars. The damage to the campus was extensive. Tom Rawson, vice president for administration and finance says at the school’s website “The Wind Erosion Lab is gone.”
Kansas State’s nuclear reactor has not experienced a single accident of any type since it began operation in 1962.
Freshman orientation and enrollment continued today!
Image ID: wea00206, NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) Collection
Location: 22 miles southwest of Howard, South Dakota
Photo Date: 1884 August 28
Oldest known photograph of a tornado
Labels: Kansas State University, nuclear, tornado
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Mid-West Tornados Go Nuclear At Kansas State University.
