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Event Reports: Illinois reactor suffers another loss of offsite power incident

Posted on February 29, 2012 by

Yesterday afternoon, operators at the Byron nuclear power plant in Illinois declared an Unusual Event due to a malfunction in the switchyard that caused the Unit 2 reactor to lose offsite power. Emergency diesel generators started following the incident, and … Continue reading →

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Event Report: Operators scram Illinois nuke following turbine trip

Posted on February 8, 2012 by

The Unit 2 reactor at the Byron nuclear power plant in Illinois has been shut down since January 31, following a loss of offsite power incident. On Monday of this week, repairs had been completed, and operators were attempting to … Continue reading →

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Update: Offsite power restored at Illinois nuke, and NRC begins investigation

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

The Byron nuclear power plant notified the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that it had restored offsite power to its Unit 2 reactor as of 10 pm yesterday. This means that the reactor was running on power supplied by emergency diesel generators … Continue reading →

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Event Report: Update on loss of power incident at Illinois nuke

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

Today’s NRC Event Reports include the incident yesterday morning at the Byron Unit 2 reactor in Illinois. There are three significant updates.   First, the reactor is still operating on power supplied by the unit’s emergency diesel generators. So, at … Continue reading →

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Illinois nuke shuts down after loss of power incident

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

 The Chicago Tribune reported this afternoon: U.S. power company Exelon’s 1,136-megawatt Unit 2 at the Byron nuclear power plant in Illinois shut Monday morning, a spokeswoman at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said. Exelon declared an unusual event due … Continue reading →

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Illinois nuclear employee drunk on duty

Posted on February 15, 2011 by

Today’s NRC Event Reports included a Fitness for Duty incident at the Byron nuclear power plant in Illinois. An employee supervisor tested positive for alcohol in a random Fitness for Duty test yesterday. The employee’s access to the plant has … Continue reading →

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