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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 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: 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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Updates on lot of stuff: Bloomberg News puts lots of pieces together

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

Great coverage of the nuts and bolts of nuclear power! The Bellingham (WA) Herald carried a report compiled by the Bloomberg News service today: U.S. nuclear-power production fell 2.1 percent to the lowest level in more than 10 months as four reactors shut in … Continue reading →

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NRC issues instructions to New York nuke to address safety violations

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced measures today that the FitzPatrick nuclear power plant in New York must take in order to address problems in the plant’s Radiation Protection Program. The action was taken as a result of violations noted in … Continue reading →

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Event Reports: Cut fiber optic lines, a small explosion and a stoned supervisor

Posted on October 11, 2011 by

Notes from the Columbus Day weekend: 1. Two New York nuclear plants with a total of three reactors were without some emergency notification systems after a traffic accident Friday afternoon. Nine Mile Point reported that multiple annunciators sounded, resulting in the … Continue reading →

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Strike deadline looms at New York nuclear plant

Posted on September 28, 2011 by

The Syracuse Post-Standard reported this morning: A contract covering 238 of the 657 employees at James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power plant in Scriba expires Friday night, creating the potential for a strike if no agreement is reached. Plant owner Entergy … Continue reading →

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NRC announces Justice Department action against NY nuke

Posted on September 8, 2011 by

Late today, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a press release concerning a plea agreement for safety violations at the FitzPatrick nuclear power plant. The action came following investigation of allegations concerning the actions of ”a former radiation protection technician at the … Continue reading →

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Safety system fails at NY nuke

Posted on June 17, 2011 by

Today’s NRC Event Reports include a problem with safety-related electrical equipment at the FitzPatrick nuclear power plant in New York. On Wednesday, plant operators discovered during pre-installation testing that three of four Rosemount model 710 trip units would not turn … Continue reading →

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Weekend event reports

Posted on March 7, 2011 by

A number of incidents were reported to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission this morning:  1. Saturday morning, an Xcel Power environmental specialist reported approximately 100 dead fish downstream from the Monticello nuclear plant in Minnesota. Atypically, the fish were killed by a sudden discharge of … Continue reading →

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