Category Archives: Millstone

Update: The six reactor sites the NRC will be studying for increased risk of cancer

Posted on October 27, 2012 by

According to an NRC press release, the six sites to be studied are: Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Morris, Ill. Millstone Power Station, Waterford, Conn. Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, Forked River, N.J. Haddam Neck (decommissioned), Haddam Neck, Conn. Big Rock … Continue reading →

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Update: NRC bent over backwards to not shut Millstone

Posted on August 13, 2012 by

As I told you this morning, Unit 2 at the Millstone nuclear power plant in Connecticut had to be shut down yesterday because the water used to cool the reactor exceeded the operational temperature set out in Millstone’s license. What … Continue reading →

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Event Reports: Three nukes shut down (or should have been) over weekend; toxic gas release, high temperature, stuck control rod assembly to blame

Posted on August 13, 2012 by

1. Friday morning, operators at the Watts Bar nuclear power plant in Tennessee declared an emergency and issued a Notice of Unusual Event (NOUE) for the facility’s sole reactor. The NOUE was the result of the detection of a toxic … Continue reading →

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Event Reports: Fitness for Duty, a maintenance error and a bad seal

Posted on December 5, 2011 by

Three items from this morning’s NRC Event Reports page: 1. On Friday morning, an employee supervisor at the Grand Gulf nuclear power plant failed a random Fitness for Duty screening. Test results showed the presence of prohibited drugs in the … Continue reading →

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Update on Connecticut nuke shutdown

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

When operators at the Millstone nuclear power plant in Connecticut attempted to restart the Unit 3 reactor on Sunday, a loss of condensor vacuum forced a manual shutdown of the unit. London, Connecticut’s The Day reported that there were additional … Continue reading →

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Event Reports: Two reactor scrams, a faulty safety system and something missing in spent fuel pool

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

Four items from this morning’s NRC Event Reports: 1. Late Saturday, operators were performing valve bypass testing on Unit 1 at the Monticello nuclear power plant in Minnesota, when the reactor scrammed and the Reactor Protective System activated on low … Continue reading →

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