Zarlog wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2019 2:43 am
All joking aside, I hope they at least are being truthful about saving them for cities in need. I know that that didn't happen with some Allertors somewhere else recently.
Yes, well what happened in that case was a legal order was made in 2012 when the sirens were purchased to scrap them upon removal and evidently in the 6 years since then the trustee forgot about that...and then remembered.
Honestly those Allertors were well past their time anyways. They had served Beaver Valley Nuclear for over 30 years prior to being scrapped there and being subsequently refurbed by Knox and placed back into service.
Also, their new system is online and it is a lot better. I have come to the conclusion that in that case, the other 3 units had electrical problems or some issue we didn’t know about. Originally I thought it was a radio issue, but upon hearing that all the new Sentry’s work fine on that existing radio system, that opens the door to the probable cause of failure being an electrical issue.
Anyways, back on topic here. Typically municipalities have to auction off property that they no longer need. It will be interesting to see if this is done or they sell them privately to other communities directly.