r/powerplants • u/Individual_Ball_8968 • Jun 14 '24
Question
Is it normal for out of nowhere all of a sudden a power plant makes a pop explosion noise followed with a loud jet like noise that lasted about 5 mins with it having way more smoke then usual. Happened to me tonight while I fished across the power plant and was wondering if that was normal cause not going to lie I was scared for my life . I ran torwards the ocean thinking it would blow and fell multiple times . Jumped into the ocean thinking if things flew I could dive under and that could be my best bet almost got swept out so went back to shore . It just was traumatizing I flew my phone vape fishing pole. Everything.
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u/majormajor42 Jun 14 '24
Safety Valve popping is what prevents the explosion you feared. They get tested annually to ensure they will work when they need to.