Tag Archives: Nuclear Regulatory Commissioin (NRC)

‘Serious Near Miss’ Accident at San Onofre Sparks NRC Investigation via 7 San Diego

By JW August A “serious near miss” accident at the San Onofre Nuclear power plant could have been catastrophic.  On August 3, a steel canister filled with hot nuclear waste was being lowered twenty feet into underground storage at San Onofre … Continue reading

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US nuclear watchdog keeping eye on South Texas plant via Energy Voice

The US regulatory body was in close communication with officials from the STP Nuclear Operating Co. prior to the storm making landfall Friday night. The NRC dispatched two additional staff from Arlington, Texas, to the site to relieve the two … Continue reading

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Report: Years of issues at Pilgrim Nuclear plant via The Patriot Ledger

By Christine Legere, Cape Cod Times PLYMOUTH — Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station leads the nation’s fleet of 99 reactors for incidents or conditions over the last 40 years that could have led to core damage and an accompanying release of … Continue reading

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Laser enrichment moving ahead with DOE selling 300,000 tonnes of depleted uranium to GE Hitachi Global Laser Enrichment via Next Big Future

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has agreed to sell around 300,000 tonnes of depleted uranium hexafluoride to GE Hitachi Global Laser Enrichment (GLE) for re-enrichment at a proposed plant to be built near DOE’s Paducah site in Kentucky. The agreement … Continue reading

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Nuclear Plants Dip Into Dismantling Funds to Pay for Waste via abc news

With a federal promise to take highly radioactive spent fuel from nuclear plants still unfulfilled, closed reactors are dipping into funds set aside for their eventual dismantling to build waste storage on-site, raising questions about whether there will be enough … Continue reading

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Pilgrim nuclear plant a scary prospect for South Shore via The Boston Globe

By Thomas Farragher […] There’s no way to sugar coat the electric news flowing out of Entergy Corp.’s Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station these days. A quick recap: There have been a series of unplanned shutdowns of the Plymouth plant’s reactor … Continue reading

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Documents Detail How Nuclear Material Was Handled at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station via NBCSanDiego

Expert tells NBC 7 Investigates handling of nuclear material was “sloppy” Documents newly obtained by NBC 7 Investigates during secret talks about the condition of the land where the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) sits detail how nuclear material … Continue reading

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Plymouth Nuclear Plant’s Safety Rating Downgraded After Shutdowns, Valve Problems via Radio Boston

Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station is under scrutiny after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced it was downgrading the station’s safety rating. It now sits in the next-to-lowest performance category. The move comes after unplanned shutdowns and problems with the plant’s safety relief … Continue reading

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Turkey Point Nuclear Plant in Hot Water via Union of Concerned Scientists

Fission Stories #179 Earlier this summer, the owner of the Turkey Point nuclear plant in Florida requested and the NRC approved a change in the maximum limit on cooling water used by plant. For years, the plant had operated with … Continue reading

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Cancer study around nuclear facilities to move forward via Beyond Nuclear

The US NRC has announced that a study examining cancers around NRC-licensed facilities will move forward through the National Academy of Sciences. […] The Phase I report recognizes many of the shortcomings of prior health studies including the imperfection of … Continue reading

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