As a chem eng, i can’t help but notice some major design issues with the steam turbine generator.
They have had years to plan out proper maintenance on the steam generator, and never retrofitted a bypass line for maintenance? 🤦♂️ blocking in the steam and letting it overpressure was way too dangerous imho. The steam just needed a vent line to atmosphere and it would have been a safe maintenance where they could have worked on it for days.
In general, running a steam turbine of that size for 30 years with only 30 minutes of maintenance is incredibly bad practice, and it bothers me. Thanks for coming to my ted talk.
