Category Archives: Cook

Event Reports: Reactor problems apparently drive nuclear supervisors to drugs

Posted on May 3, 2012 by

(This is what happens when I get busy trying to earn a living and don’t check the NRC Event Reports every day.) Here’s a summary of some of the incidents reported to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the first three … Continue reading →

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Event Reports: Toxic gas in Wisconsin nuke, an oil spill in Michigan, a dead bald eagle in Virginia and a reactor scram at another Michigan plant

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

Four items from today’s NRC Event Reports: 1. Wednesday evening, the Point Beach nuclear power plant in Wisconsin declared an Alert due to toxic gas in a vital area room. During a maintenace run on the plant’s emergency diesel generator, exhaust … Continue reading →

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Event Reports: Bearing failure in Michigan, loss of offsite power in Wisconsin

Posted on November 28, 2011 by

A couple of items from today’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission Event Reports today: 1. Friday afternoon, operators at the Cook nuclear power plant in Michigan manually started the Unit 1 Auxiliary Feedwater Pumps after one of the pumps suffered a bearing failure. … Continue reading →

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