Category Archives: St. Lucie

Event Reports: A trio of supplier reports concerning potentially defective parts supplied to nuclear power plants

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Robert Singleton

  Today’s Event Notification Report on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s website has three items about potentially defective electric and mechanical parts supplied to nuclear utilities: 1. Georgia’s United Controls International (UCI) provided an update on a previously-reported defect in electrical … Continue reading →

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

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Robert Singleton

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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Event Report: Florida nuke manually shut down following Steam Bypass Control System

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Robert Singleton

Early Saturday morning, operators at the Saint Lucie nuclear power plant in Florida manually shut down the Unit 1 after the Steam Bypass Control Valve opened unexpectedly, causing the steam temperature to drop. Cause of the valve malfunction is under … Continue reading →

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Event Report: Florida nuke shut down after problem with control rods

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Robert Singleton

Late Sunday night, Unit 1 at the St. Lucie nuclear power plant had to be manually shut down after technicians noticed “anomalous behavior” after a Control Element Assembly continued to insert control rods with no instructions to do so. The … Continue reading →

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Update: Jellyfish swarm at Florida nuke also killed fish

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Robert Singleton

The Palm Beach Post reported today: A massive influx of jellyfish shut down the St. Lucie nuclear power plant in late August, but it is only now that nuclear regulators, wildlife officials and marine researchers are learning that the event … Continue reading →

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