Category Archives: McGuire

Event Reports: Three nuclear facilities fail recent tests

Posted on April 20, 2012 by

Some items from this morning’s NRC Event Reports page: 1. Global Nuclear Fuels notified the NRC that one of the alarm sirens, part of its onsite Critical Accident Alerm System at its nuclear fuel fabrication facility in Wilmington, North Carolina, was found … Continue reading →

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Event Reports: Emergency cooling failure at one nuke in North Carolina, a vague security threat at another, and a suspicious package in Arizona

Posted on February 24, 2012 by

  Some items from this morning’s NRC Event Reports page:   1. Yesterday evening, a fault in a common electrical component shut down the Emergency Core Cooling System serving both reactors at the Brunswick nuclear power plant in North Carolina. … Continue reading →

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Event Report: North Carolina nuke apprehends intruder

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

The McGuire nuclear power plant notified the NRC that it had apprehended an intruder early Sunday morning. According to the Event Report: “At approximately 0335 EST security observed an unauthorized individual climb over the owner controlled area fence. Site security … Continue reading →

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