Impact ID |
Scientific Name
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Impact Type
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Study Type
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Study Location
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Impact Description
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Geographic Location
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Reference
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2248
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Corbicula fluminea
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Infrastructure
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Observational
|
Field
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Corbicula foul nuclear power plant cooling systems.
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26929
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2283
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Corbicula fluminea
|
Infrastructure
|
Observational
|
N/A
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Corbicula clog power electrical power generating plants.
|
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12028
|
2285
|
Corbicula fluminea
|
Infrastructure
|
Observational
|
N/A
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Corbicula clog and foul water intakes, wells, trash racks, screen, gates, pumps, turbines, heat exchangers, condensers, and fire protection systems.
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30406
|
5475
|
Corbicula fluminea
|
Infrastructure
|
Anecdotal
|
N/A
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Corbicula clogged cooling water pipes at electric power stations
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Tennessee River
|
12028
|
5476
|
Corbicula fluminea
|
Infrastructure
|
Anecdotal
|
N/A
|
Problems with clams migrating to
the surface of poured concrete
|
|
12028
|
5477
|
Corbicula fluminea
|
Infrastructure
|
Anecdotal
|
N/A
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shutdown of Arkansas Nuclear One (ANO) on September 3, 1980, due to waterline clogging with Corbicula shells
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Arkansas
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12028
|
5478
|
Corbicula fluminea
|
Infrastructure
|
Anecdotal
|
N/A
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NRC noted that Corbicula or Mytilus were significant to reactor safety"..
|
|
12028
|
5479
|
Corbicula fluminea
|
Infrastructure
|
Anecdotal
|
N/A
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"Initial testing for Corbicula as required by IE Bulletin 81-03 costs untold numbers of dollars. If one assumes an outage cost of $50,000 per hour per 1,000 megawatt unittimes roughly 79 operative units in the U.S., plus 50-60 under construction, these costs alone would be $3.5 million for the first evaluation and perhaps $1 million in the plants under construction.
|
|
12028
|
5480
|
Corbicula fluminea
|
Infrastructure
|
Anecdotal
|
N/A
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The combined outages, reductions in efficiency, capital investment in equipment, labor, and chemical control of Corbicula probably for exceed $1 billion annually in the U.S
|
United States
|
12028
|
5490
|
Corbicula fluminea
|
Infrastructure
|
Anecdotal
|
N/A
|
TVA reports clogging of cooling water pipes in 1957
|
Tennessee
|
12216
|
5491
|
Corbicula fluminea
|
Infrastructure
|
Anecdotal
|
N/A
|
reports of incidents of Corbicula contamination disrupting setting of cement - sand and gravel companies in Alabama and Tennessee... Corbicula 'migrated to the surface'
|
United States
|
12216
|
7380
|
Corbicula fluminea
|
Infrastructure
|
Anecdotal
|
N/A
|
Corbicula fluminea invasions can clog infrastructure at industrial facilities as a result of the mucus secreted during the juvenile stage.
|
|
42291
|
8223
|
Corbicula fluminea
|
Infrastructure
|
Anecdotal
|
N/A
|
Large numbers of Corbicula fluminea, either dead or alive, clog water intake pipes, and the cost of removing them has been estimated at about a billion dollars each year in the United States
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26939
|
8224
|
Corbicula fluminea
|
Infrastructure
|
Anecdotal
|
N/A
|
Juvenile Corbicula flumineaa get carried by water currents into condensers of electricity generating facilities, where they attach themselves to the walls via byssus threads, growing and ultimately obstructing the flow of water. They can also increase sedimentation rates within pipes and canals
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|
26939
|
9679
|
Corbicula fluminea
|
Infrastructure
|
Observational
|
Field
|
Corbicula fluminea clog water intake systems causing biofouling problems that cost billions of dollars in the United States.
|
United States
|
32411
|