Category Archives: Wolf Creek

NRC sends inspection team to Kansas nuke following loss of offsite power incident

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced yesterday that it it sending an Augmented Inspection Team (AIT) to the Wolf Creek nuclear power plant in Kansas. The AIT will be looking into the causes of a January 13 incident in which … Continue reading →

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Kansas nuke shuts down following loss of offsite power

Posted on January 17, 2012 by

Friday afternoon, the Wolf Creek nuclear power plant in Kansas shut down automatically following loss of offsite power due to a failure in the plant’s switch yard. The reactor’s Emergency Diesel Generators activated in response to the incident. All Wolf … Continue reading →

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