Tag Archives: Oconee Nuclear Station

‘Unusual event’: Oconee nuclear reactor shut down after transformer explosion & fire via RT

Posted on 2016/03/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

One of the reactors at the Oconee Nuclear Station has been shut down after a series of explosions and a fire damaged a transformed on site. The operator declared the incident “unusual” but emphasized there was no threat of radiation … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on ‘Unusual event’: Oconee nuclear reactor shut down after transformer explosion & fire via RT

US to spend $3.6 billion to avoid Fukushima-like radiation leak at its potentially dangerous 35 nuclear plants vie The Voice of Russia

Posted on 2014/02/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Fukushima disaster could happen in the US, believes David Lochbaum, a former nuclear engineer, director of the Nuclear Safety Program for the Union of Concerned Scientists. At present, US regulators have already been warning operators about the possibility of Fukushima-type … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on US to spend $3.6 billion to avoid Fukushima-like radiation leak at its potentially dangerous 35 nuclear plants vie The Voice of Russia

Radioactive leak found in reactor at S. Carolina nuclear plant, one of largest in US via RT

Posted on 2013/11/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A reactor at one of the nation’s largest nuclear power plants has been taken offline due to a radioactive leak within a containment building. “Out of an abundance of caution,” service was temporarily removed from Unit 1 at the Oconee … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Radioactive leak found in reactor at S. Carolina nuclear plant, one of largest in US via RT