- Title: ISRAEL: Workers say jellyfish could shut down Israeli power plant
- Date: 5th July 2011
- Summary: HADERA, ISRAEL (JULY 5, 2011) (REUTERS) JELLYFISH BEING DROPPED FROM DISPENSER JELLYFISH ON THE FLOOR VARIOUS OF JELLYFISH IN THE WATER STUCK TO METAL BARS WORKER FORKING JELLYFISH (SOUNDBITE) (English) ELECTRIC COMPANY WORKER, NACHUM PLAUMBAUM, SAYING: "When those jelly fish are coming in swarms, they're blocking our cooling system and they are diffusing to become ge
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- Location: Israel, Israel
- Country: Israel
- Topics: Accidents,Quirky,Technology,Energy
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- Story Text: Workers at Israel's electric Corp warned on Tuesday (July 5) that entire cities could be left without electricity during the hot summer days, if they fail to collect the tons of jellyfish swarming into the power station.
Workers are struggling to deal with a massive quantity of jellyfish overflowing into the station in the central city of Hadera.
The power station uses seawater for cooling off purposes and has to filter out and dispose of tonnes of jellyfish that are sucked into its system daily.
Nachum Plaumbaum, a worker at the plant said that jellyfish coming from the Mediterranean sea are an inconvenience not only to those bathing on the beaches, but might actually stop the power plant from function.
"When those jellyfish are coming in swarms, they're blocking our cooling system and they are diffusing to become gels and this gel blocks the condenser and interrupts the condensing of the steam. And in severe events, it might stop the power plant from producing electricity," he said Other workers were concerned for their safety saying that they got stung while loading boxes of jellyfish. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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