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Category Archives: Limerick
Fitness for Duty report: Nuclear control room operator fails alcohol test
Even the biggest apologists for nuclear power will have trouble wishing this one away. The Norristown, Pennsylvania, Times-Herald reported yesterday: An operator in the reactor control room of Exelon Nuclear’s Limerick Generating Station was found to be under the influence … Continue reading
Update: Limerick shutdown resulted in Technical Support System ventilation problems
Yesterday, operators at the Limerick nuclear power plant scrammed the Unit 1 reactor after an electrical problem knocked out the main generator recirculating water pumps. Today, plant owner Exelon filed an Event Report with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that revealed … Continue reading
Pennsylvania nuclear reactor shut down after losing power to main generator cooling pumps
Exelon announced that Unit 1 at the Limerick nuclear power plant was shut down earlier today after losing power to the main generator cooling pumps. There are not a lot of additional details available at this hour, and most of … Continue reading
