Alert At Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant Due To Flooding, Millstone At 75%
Oyster Creek Nuclear Station is under an alert after storm waters exceeding the high level criteria per the NRC. The
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Oyster Creek Sees High Water, Possible Power Outage As Sandy Makes Landfall
Oyster Creek is now seeing elevated water as Sandy makes landfall in the area. Barnegat Bay is the area near
Read moreSandy Batters East Coast, Nuclear Plants Stay Online
According to the NRC website updated for today there have been no changes to nuclear plant power output. Sandy is
Read moreSandy To Make Landfall Around Atlantic City NJ
Sandy is expected to make landfall around Atlantic City NJ. This puts Oyster Creek, Salem and Peach Bottom nuclear plants
Read moreHurricane Sandy Targets US Nuclear Plants
Update: Sandy is currently 575 miles from NYC. Storm surge warnings for Long Island Sound and NYC harbor. Sandy should
Read moreJapan’s Nuclear Emergency Zone Study Shows Worldwide Deficiencies
Japan’s new nuclear agency released a series of radiation release and plume path models. These are based on a 30km
Read moreRash Of Nuclear Closures Questions Industry Future
Another week (and it is only Wednesday) of bad news for the nuclear industry further questions the future of this
Read moreUS Nuclear Plant To Close, Too Expensive To Continue Running
Dominion Energy has announced they will voluntarily close the Kewanee nuclear plant in northern Wisconsin in early 2013. The company
Read moreThe Real US Motivation For Japan To Keep Nuclear Power
Last week the odd political dance between the US and Japan ended with Japan backing off of their plan to
Read moreUS Pressures Japan To End Nuclear Phase Out Plan
The US state department has apparently pressured Japan to end their new policy of nuclear power phase out. The US
Read moreMonticello Nuclear Plant Failure & Water Loss Incident
The Monticello nuclear plant that sits about 40 miles from downtown Minneapolis had another failure Tuesday. While the reactor was
Read moreBroke Ft.Calhoun Nuclear Plant Owner Signs Questionable Deal With Exelon
OPPD, the public power utility that owns the Ft. Calhoun nuclear plant in Nebraska has admitted they do not have
Read moreJapan’s Nuclear Exit; Nuclear Farce Or Who Is Behind The Resistance To Change
Japan’s DPJ has announced that they intend to phase out the use of nuclear power by 2030. While the campaign
Read moreThreats Of NYC Blackouts Over Indian Pt. Closures Prove To Be Myth
The two nuclear reactors sitting just outside New York City are up for license renewals. Both will have reached their
Read moreCooper Nuclear Station Running Without Emergency Generators
Cooper Nuclear Station, a one unit GE Mark 1 reactor, just like the units at Fukushima was fully operating at
Read moreIssac Hitting Waterford Nuclear Plant Now Through Wed
The outer bands of Hurricane Issac are hitting the region of the Waterford Nuclear plant right now. The center of
Read moreIssac May Strike US Nuclear Plants
The current path of Hurricane Issac has it on a path that may brush Turkey Point nuclear plant in Florida
Read moreBelgian Possible Cracked Vessel Problem At 10 US Reactors (With List)
Belgian officials earlier this week announced that the reactor vessel at the Doel nuclear plant, unit 3 was found to
Read moreNRC Suspends All Final Licensing Of Nuclear Reactors
In case you have not already heard, yesterday the NRC suspended all final licensing actions for nuclear reactors in the
Read moreExelon Nuclear May Be Downgraded To Junk Bond Status
US nuclear power company Exelon is being reviewed for a downgrade by investor service Moody’s. The company is expected to
Read moreFeatured Article: Radiological Emergency Plan: North Anna Nuclear Power Station
SimplyInfo member Peter Melzer has taken an extensive look at the evacuation plan of the North Anna nuclear plant. With
Read moreCalifornia May Face Summer Power Shortages Due To San Onofre
With San Onofre nuclear plant still down due to steam generator problems, the power supply in California is struggling to
Read moreNRC Whistleblowers Show Conflicts In Agency, Ft. Calhoun
A letter sent by NRC employees in the Arlington, TX office blasting Troy Pruett, a regional deputy director at NRC
Read moreIowa Pre-Paid Nuclear Bill Runs Out Of Time In State Legislature
The Iowa legislature has adjourned without passing a controversial bill that would “pre-pay” for a possible nuclear power plant. Iowa
Read moreGAO Slams US Nuclear Decommissioning Fund & NRC
The US Government Accountability Office has slammed the NRC and the reactor decommissioning fund claiming the fund is inadequate as
Read moreFt. Calhoun More Work & Repairs Will Take Until Fall, No Restart Date
Ft. Calhoun staff and NRC officials announced that the list of inspections and repairs will now take until fall of
Read moreUS BWR Reactor Experiments Show Nuclear Accidents In Small Scale
Dean found this amazing footage of the BORAX experiments done at Idaho National Lab in the 1950’s. The “reactors” are
Read moreUS Nuclear Hits More Difficulties
The NRC did the unusual action of banning the restart of a reactor. San Onofre can not restart until they
Read moreNuclear Industry Turns Away From Nuclear Power
In two rather surprising admissions this week some major players in the nuclear industry have denounced nuclear power as being
Read moreThe Impending US Nuclear Disaster
The US and their aging reactor fleet has been the subject of much discussion including the safety of running these
Read moreUS Nuclear Protesters Rally In VT While 2 US Reactors Could Be Scrapped
On Thursday 1000 protesters in Vermont marched to the offices of Entergy in Brattleburo demanding the shut down of the
Read moreWhat If Fukushima Happened In The US?
NDRC has created a US map showing what would have happened if a reactor in the US had a major
Read moreUS Regulators Admit Dam Failure Risk At Nebraska Nuclear Plants
The NRC has announced they will now investigate the risk of a dam failure on nuclear plants in the US.
Read moreUS Media Promotes Another Flawed “Study”, Downplays Fukushima
Lazy journalism is the friend of parties with agendas wanting to get their propaganda or skewed study absorbed by the
Read moreVermont Yankee May Be Shut Down On A Technicality
Vermont Yankee, the aging BWR reactor (like Fukushima Daiichi) has been battling with the state of Vermont over the right
Read moreThe Nuclear Industry Quietly Pulls Out Of The Nuclear Business
Jim Riccio of Greenpeace makes the claim that economics, not Fukushima has already put the last nail in the coffin
Read moreCesium Still Being Found In US West Coast Milk Supply
The numbers are somewhat low but radioactive cesium 137 and 134 are still being found in store bought milk in
Read moreUS LLC Rules Allow Nuclear Power Companies To Take Profits, Dump Risk On Taxpayers
As we have watched the Fukushima Daiichi disaster ruin lives and slowly bankrupt TEPCO, it made many in the US
Read moreConcerns Over Pacific Seafood Expand After Fukushima
The recent IRSN report reminded of the widespread problem of radiation contamination to the Pacific ocean by Fukushima Daiichi. The
Read moreUS Radiation Monitoring May Have Been Handed Off To Nuclear Industry Lobbyists
Lucas W Hixson may have uncovered a major abuse of the public trust by the NRC. In late March 2011
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