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- IP 2 unexpected shutdown unlikely to be safety issue
High water levels in a steam generator unexpectedly shut down one of two reactors at the Indian Point nuclear power plant during a planned maintenance Friday. Federal regulators said the 11 a.m. incident, which came as plant workers were powering down Indian Point 2 to repair a reactor coolant pump, was "not a significant issue in terms of safety."
www.poughkeepsiejournal.com - Crack at Crystal River explained
Why did a 42-inch-thick wall at that nuclear plant separate into two layers during a big maintenance project last fall? Other nuclear plants have done similar jobs 26 times around the country, but no one ever saw a crack like Crystal River's — a crack that has kept the plant off-line for 11 months and piled up nearly a quarter of a billion dollars in outage costs.
www.tampabay.com - NRC says SONGS worker performance problems grow
Government regulators say San Onofre Nuclear Generation Station has fallen further behind in identifying and solving problems involving the safety culture at the plant, despite previous assurances from top managers. A letter sent by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Southern California Edison spells out the concerns, which will be discussed in a public meeting Sept. 16 at a Dana Point hotel.
www.nctimes.com - EnergySolutions Commences Decommissioning of Zion
EnergySolutions, Inc. announced today it has officially closed its agreement with Exelon Nuclear to begin accelerated decommissioning of the Zion Station. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission licenses have been transferred to ZionSolutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of EnergySolutions, for the purposes of decommissioning.
www.marketwatch.com - USEC, Toshiba and B&W Close on First Phase of Strategic Investment
In May 2010, USEC announced that Toshiba Corporation and Babcock & Wilcox Investment Company, an affiliate of The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W), signed a definitive agreement to make a $200 million investment in USEC over three phases. Phase one closed today.
www.marketwatch.com - Entergy says blown fuses problem still a mystery
The source of what caused seven fuses to fail and darken two panels of warning lights in the control room of Vermont Yankee on Sunday night remains a mystery. The blown fuses prompted the nuclear plant to declare a low-level emergency, which last 90 minutes until the fuses were replaced.
www.timesargus.com - NRC approves license transfer for Zion decommissioning
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has finalized the transfer of the possession license for the Zion Nuclear Power Station in Illinois from Exelon Generating Co. LLC to ZionSolutions LLC effective Sept. 1.
www.powergenworldwide.com - Former LANL Employee Sentenced for Stealing Irradiated Gold
Earlier today, Alex Maestas, 46, a former employee of the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), was sentenced in federal court in Albuquerque, New Mexico to a one-year term of imprisonment to be followed by three years’ supervised release by Senior United States District Judge C. LeRoy Hansen for stealing a two ounce piece of gold, valued at approximately $2,000, from a LANL processing facility.
albuquerque.fbi.gov - FirstEnergy Seeks To Renew Davis-Besse Nuclear-Plant License
FirstEnergy Corp. said it has applied to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for renewal of its license to operate the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, one of the most trouble-prone nuclear-power plants in the country. The 908-megawatt facility near Toledo is licensed to operate until 2017. The renewal would extend operations another 20 years.
www.nasdaq.com - Prep work nearly done to clean up Hanford 618-10
Work is nearly complete to identify the type and amount of radioactive and hazardous materials at the 618-10 Burial Ground, one of the most hazardous sites on the Hanford nuclear reservation.
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