UPDATE: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday, Oct. 30 stated it is satisfied the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station responded appropriately to Tuesday night’s situation, and the plant and ...
Five miles from the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, in a wooded, suburban neighborhood, in a nondescript office building, is a very unusual room. It looks a lot like the bridge of the Starship ...
Florida Power & Light’s (FPL) Turkey Point nuclear plant near Homestead will be subject to elevated scrutiny from federal regulators in the coming months after a series of unplanned reactor shutdowns.
The control room has a 1940s sci-fi vibe. More than 2,000 tiny lights cover the right wall, with a sign on top that says “Caution: Bumping Panel May Cause Reactor To Scram.” Each of the lights used to ...
Federal regulators plan to keep an eye on the troublesome reactor, which has experienced six emergency shutdowns, known as "scrams," in the past two years. Wednesday's 5 a.m. scram was caused by a ...
PLYMOUTH - A degraded electric cable led to a manual scram, or shutdown, Friday of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant in Plymouth. According to theNuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), control-room ...
Federal nuclear safety authorities announced an investigation into an incident Tuesday night at a north-central Pennsylvania power plant. At 7:04 p.m. Tuesday, Unit 2 at the Susquehanna Steam Electric ...