Category Archives: Security

Update on Calvert Cliffs security breach: It’s all a clever plan to look defenseless….

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Robert Singleton

All: In it’s continuing effort to lessen the severity of a recently reported lapse in security, the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in Virgina has drifted further and further from reality and is now approaching creative writing. Apparently, not having … Continue reading →

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Calvert Cliffs security confident they could have killed reporters who drove past unmanned gate

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Robert Singleton

Reporters from Washington D.C.’s right-leaning Daily Caller found and drove past an unmanned security gate at the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant last week. Today, plant officials tried to minimize the incident by claiming that they could have shot and … Continue reading →

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Boston TV station finds unmanned security gate at Seabrook nuclear power plant

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Robert Singleton

In a major security breach, a news team from WHDW-TV (7News) in Boston found that the gate at the employee parking entrance to the Seabrook nuclear power plant was unmanned. WHDW reported today: …no one was checking on three different … Continue reading →

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Vermont nuke trying to weasel out of payments for emergency services

Posted on August 2, 2014 by Robert Singleton

Mass Live carried an Associated Press story today that reported: The soon-to-close Vermont Yankee nuclear plant wants to stop more than $2 million in annual payments for emergency planning in the region, but a watchdog group opposes that, saying nuclear … Continue reading →

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NRC finds security violation in dry cask storage at Pennsylvania nuke

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Robert Singleton

As I told you yesterday, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) found an unspecificied security violation in a recent inspection at the Limerick nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. Today, there are press reports of a security violation at another Exelon nuclear … Continue reading →

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Be Afraid. Be a Little Afraid: NRC finds security violation or violations at Pennsylvania nuke, but declines to say what they are

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Robert Singleton

Lansdale, PA’s The Reporter carried a story earlier today about the results of an inspection at the Limerick nuclear power plant: The federal government has identified a security problem at Exelon’s Limerick Generating Station but because it’s a security matter, … Continue reading →

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Traffic stop by security at New Jersey nuke turns up drugs … Lots of drugs‏

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Robert Singleton

The Asbury Park Press reported today: Two men were charged with drug possession on Thursday night after security at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant searched a suspicious car on the property, police said. At 10 p.m. Thursday, police responded … Continue reading →

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Event Report: Shots fired inside owner controlled area at Illinois nuke

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Robert Singleton

It is unclear at this time what occurred yesterday evening at the Braidwood nuclear power plant in Illinois, but plant operators declared an Unusual Event at 7:43 pm due to gunshots fired in the Owner Controlled Area. According to the … Continue reading →

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Event Reports: Bomb threat in North Carolina, reactor shutdowns in Florida and New York

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Robert Singleton

Some items from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Event Reports pages for this week: 1. The Harris nuclear power plant in North Carolina reported a strange incident. Last Friday, a man and a woman in a Jeep Cherokee drove up to … Continue reading →

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Event Reports: Emergency cooling failure at one nuke in North Carolina, a vague security threat at another, and a suspicious package in Arizona

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Robert Singleton

  Some items from this morning’s NRC Event Reports page:   1. Yesterday evening, a fault in a common electrical component shut down the Emergency Core Cooling System serving both reactors at the Brunswick nuclear power plant in North Carolina. … Continue reading →

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