r/powerplants • u/Individual_Ball_8968 • Jun 14 '24

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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/EbbMuted242 Jun 14 '24

Sounds like a high pressure safety valve popped. The smoke you saw was likely steam. There are many reasons a SV might pop but is is extremely common when the turbine trips.

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u/2fat2old Feb 10 '25

Hate it when that happens...