Tag Archives: Oyster Creek

Update on Event Reports: Oyster Creek also lost offsite power

I had previously reported that the Nine Mile Point nuclear power plant in New York lost offsite power to one of its reactors during Hurricane Sandy. This morning’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission Event Reports indicate that the same thing happened to … Continue reading

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

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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Hurricane knocked out some emergency sirens at three nukes

According to this morning’s NRC Event Reports page, three nuclear power plants had problems with their emergency sirens during Hurricane Irene. Calvert Cliffs in Maryland reported that 44 sirens were out of operation due to loss of power. Peach Bottom … Continue reading

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Irene knocks out nation’s oldest nuke

Bloomberg Businessweek reported this in the last hour: Hurricane Irene knocked out electricity to more than 900,000 customers from South Carolina to Maryland as the storm carved its way north along the U.S. East Coast, prompting Exelon Corp.’s Oyster Creek … Continue reading

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Security incident at NJ nuke

Just saw this a little while ago: New Jersey Star-Ledger Wednesday, February 9, 2011 LACEY — Authorities in New Jersey say a Pennsylvania man had a pistol and hollow-point bullets when he drove through the front gate of the nation’s … Continue reading

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