Category Archives: Nine Mile Point

Thunderstorm triggers false alarm at New York nuclear power plant. Which one? You can’t tell from the news coverage….

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Robert Singleton

Ah, local news! The CBS affiliate in Syracuse reported this morning: An emergency notification siren went off Thursday morning at the nuclear power plants in Scriba, but there was no emergency, officials say. The siren was inadvertently tripped by a … Continue reading →

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Event Reports: More doors left open

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Robert Singleton

A couple of items from Event Reports submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) last week concerned loss of containment. There have been a lot of incidents of this sort this year. 1. Last Wednesday morning at a time not … Continue reading →

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Event Reports: A toxic gas release in Ohio, diesel generators inoperable in New York, a defect in the reactor coolant system in North Carolina, a fire in the turbine building in Illinois and yet another open door in New York

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Robert Singleton

A number of items from today’s Event Notification Report page on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission website: 1. Yesterday afternoon, the Perry nuclear power plant in Ohio declared an Unusual Event after Trichloroethylene was detected in the Off-gas building. The leak … Continue reading →

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Event Reports: New York nuke workers figure out how to get around random Fitness for Duty tests

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Robert Singleton

An interesting item from Monday’s NRC Event Notification Reports page: The FitzPatrick nuclear power plant in New York reported: “A significant Fitness for Duty (FFD) programmatic vulnerability was discovered during an NRC inspection. A potential exists that some members of … Continue reading →

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Event Reports: New York nuke shuts itself down following possible maintenance error

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Robert Singleton

Suppose you’re driving down the freeway and your car suddenly loses power and the airbags deploy. You call a tow truck and have your car towed to a garage. Two hours later, the mechanic tells you that there is nothing … Continue reading →

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Event Report: New York nuke shut down after uninterruptible power supply interrupted

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Robert Singleton

Early this morning, operators at the Nine Mile Point nuclear power plant shut down the Unit 2 reactor after the “loss of an uninterruptible power supply….” The loss of power “caused a loss of cooling water to the Reactor Recirculation … Continue reading →

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Event Report: Blown fuse takes down New York reactor

Posted on December 27, 2013 by Robert Singleton

Today’s NRC Event Notification Reports page contained a report from New York’s Nine Mile Point nuclear plant. Yesterday afternoon, technicians were performing testing on the facility’s Unit 2 reactor when a short in the control circuit caused a blown fuse.  … Continue reading →

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Do you live near one of these 32 reactors? GE Hitachi still not sure they can be shut down safely after an earthquake

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Robert Singleton

  GE Hitachi (GEH) posted an update on the NRC website today: “GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) provided an update to its guidance and supporting evaluations that were reported in MFN 08-420 R0 on December 19, 2008 and MFN 10-245 R5 … Continue reading →

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Event Report: More problems at Nine Mile Point

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Robert Singleton

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 Robert Singleton

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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