Category Archives: Reactor problems

Event Reports: Reactor scrams in Pennsylvania, New York, Texas and New Jersey; excess radiation in Minnesota, a fire in New York, a toxic gas release in Ohio and a drunken supervisor in Florida

Posted on December 1, 2012 by

This post is kind of lengthy, as I haven’t been able to get around to looking at Event Reports for a couple of weeks. Here’s the news: 1. Early in the morning of Friday, November 9, operators at the Susquehanna … Continue reading →

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Event Report: Michigan reactor shut down

Posted on November 8, 2012 by

Yesterday morning, operators at the Fermi nuclear power plant manually shut down the Unit 2 reactor after discovering “hydrogen gas in-leakage into the stator water cooling system from the main turbine generator.” Fermi officials desribed the incident as “uncomplicated” while noting … Continue reading →

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Event Report: More problems at Nine Mile Point

Posted on November 7, 2012 by

Problems continue with the Unit 1 reactor at the Nine Mile Point nuclear plant in New York. The unit had a fire two weeks ago and an automatic reactor shutdown last weekend. Early yesterday morning, a feedwater valve opened unexpectedly. This resulted in … Continue reading →

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Event Reports: Plant shutdowns in Michigan and New York and a Fitness for Duty Report from Florida

Posted on November 5, 2012 by

1. Sunday afternoon, operators at the Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan declared a primary coolant loop to be inoperable due to a steam leak. Since the leak could not be investigated with the reactor running, the plant entered a Technical … Continue reading →

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Event Report: Safety systems switch on unexpectedly at Comanche Peak

Posted on November 1, 2012 by

The Comanche Peak nuclear power plant in North Texas told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that its Unit 1 reactor had an unexpected activation of two of its emergency systems yesterday afternoon. Plant officials said that the reactor’s Blackout Sequencer faulted, … Continue reading →

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Event Report: Loss of power incident activated generators, emergency cooling systems at New York nuclear power plant

Posted on October 20, 2012 by

The James A. FitzPatrick nuclear power plant near Oswego, New York notified the Nuclear Regulatory Agency that on October 5, 2012, it lost offsite power to its sole reactor. The loss of power caused automatic systems including the Reaction Water … Continue reading →

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Event Reports: Reactors shut down in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Tennessee, and another alcohol-at-work incident; Minnesota incident involves small fires in both Emergency Diesel Generators

Posted on August 17, 2012 by

(Just a note on the above illustration: It’s from a gallery of Power Plant Trading Cards at: http://www.industcards.com/. I don’t make this stuff up, I just make fun of it.) Some items from this week’s NRC Event Reports page: 1. … Continue reading →

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Event Reports: A scram in Arkansas, tritium in the water in Louisiana and a drunken supervisor in Illinois

Posted on August 10, 2012 by

Some incidents from this week’s NRC Event Reports page: 1. Unit 2 at the Arkansas Nuclear power plant shut down automatically from 100 per cent power Wednesday morning. The shutdown resulted from increased pressure in the Reactor Coolant System. According to this … Continue reading →

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Event Report: New Jersey nuke shuts down after losing offsite power

Posted on July 25, 2012 by

Early Monday morning, the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in New Jersey declared an Unusual Event after losing offsite power. The reactor shut down automatically. The loss of power caused the start of the plant’s Emergency Diesel Generators. Offsite power was restored after … Continue reading →

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Event Reports: Everything’s leaking, spilling or shutting down

Posted on June 15, 2012 by

Okay, the headline is an overstatement, but I’m inclined to hyperbole when I don’t have time to post every day. And no, the woman in the wetsuit looking at the Oyster Creek plant is not standing in anything leaked from … Continue reading →

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