Category Archives: Harris

And another victory: Duke suspends plans for two new reactors at South Carolina plant

Posted on May 4, 2013 by

Reuters reported May 2: Duke Energy, the largest U.S. electric utility, said it notified regulators on Thursday that it will drop plans to build two new nuclear reactors in North Carolina due to slow growth in power demand. This announcement … Continue reading →

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Event Reports: Failed Fitness for Duty reports in four nuclear power plants

Posted on October 20, 2012 by

Four nuclear power plants reported to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the last two weeks that employees had failed Fitness for Duty screens for drugs or alcohol. Alcohol was the culprit at Sequoyah in Tennessee and at Browns Ferry in … Continue reading →

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Event Reports: Bomb threat in North Carolina, reactor shutdowns in Florida and New York

Posted on June 7, 2012 by

Some items from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Event Reports pages for this week: 1. The Harris nuclear power plant in North Carolina reported a strange incident. Last Friday, a man and a woman in a Jeep Cherokee drove up to … Continue reading →

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