Category Archives: Pilgrim

Massachusetts voters might get say on expansion of emergency zone around Pilgrim nuke

Posted on August 2, 2014 by Robert Singleton

The Boston Herald reported today: A group of local residents say they’ve collected enough signatures to place a public policy question on the November ballot in the Cape and Islands senate district related to the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station. The … 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 Reports: Reactor scrams in Louisiana, Alabama and Massachusetts, Fitness for Duty violations in Alabama and Illinois

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Robert Singleton

Another busy week at the NRC Event Reports page: 1. Monday afternoon, Unit 1 at the River Bend nuclear power plant in Louisiana shut down automatically after low condensor vacuum resulted in a turbine trip. Following the scram, water level in … Continue reading →

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Update: Pilgrim incident involved leak of radioactive steam

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Robert Singleton

The Pilgrim nuclear plant in Massachusetts had to be closed down today due to a defective steam relief valve. Later news reports said that the incident involved a leak of radioactive steam. As the Boston Globe reported: The Pilgrim Nuclear … Continue reading →

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Event Reports: Maintenance complications in Florida, a reactor scram in Louisiana, human error and a halon release in South Carolina and a faulty valve in Massachusetts

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Robert Singleton

A number of items appeared on the NRC Event Reports today following the long holiday weekend: 1. On December 6, the Turkey Point nuclear power plant in Florida began work on modifications to the plant’s Technical Support System (TSC.) The system … Continue reading →

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Event Report: Massachusetts nuke declares safety system inoperable

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Robert Singleton

Yesterday afternoon, workers wer performing maintenance on the sole reactor at the Pilgrim nuclear power plant in Massachusetts when they discovered that a valve in the High Pressure Coolant Injection (HPCI) system failed to open. According to the Event Report … Continue reading →

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