River Bend Nuclear Station in Louisiana: Scram Due to Low Reactor Water Level; Still at Zero Power
Any loss of cooling water is a “near miss”. Some are just closer than others. Why do these “events” always …
Tag Archives: LOCA
Concerns Raised About Three Mile Island Steam Generator Tube Defects; Could Rupture Leading To LOCA-Meltdown
The Three Mile Island (TMI) Nuclear Power Station Unit 1 is still operating and owner Exelon is pressuring Pennsylvania to …
Louisiana River Bend Nuclear Power Station Comment Deadline In A Few Hours; Petition For Hearing By July 23rd
Comment by June 21, 2018, 11.59 pm (23.59) EDT (DC-NY). 10:59 pm in Louisiana (CDT). A request for a hearing …
Entergy-River Bend Nuclear Want To Move Reactor Cooling Core Injection Point From The Reactor Head Spray Nozzle; Remove Some Oversight From NRC – Comment By Thurs. 11.59 PM/Request Hearing By July 23rd
Comments must be filed by June 21, 2018, 11.59 pm (23.59) EDT (DC-NY). A request for a hearing must be …
US East Coast Nuclear Bomb Cyclone? Pilgrim & Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Scrams-Power Reduction-Loss of Cooling Water Point To The Risks
Not only dangerous, nuclear power stations are unreliable electicity sources in extreme weather. So much for the “baseload power” lies. …
Louisiana Nuclear Power Stations’ Dangerous Problems with Thunderstorms – Hurricane Should Serve as Reminder; Petition to Intervene Deadline Oct. 13th; Comment Deadline Oct. 23rd; Relicensing Must Be Stopped
Hurricane Nate’s path and the Louisiana Nuclear Power Stations – Waterford and River Bend. Both Louisiana Nuclear Power Stations are …
US NRC Response on Crystal River Nuclear Power Station Spent Fuel Pool Near Tampa; Our Response, and More
Our question re the closed Crystal River Nuclear Power Station and Hurricane Irma. (Screenshots of the original correspondance and of …
US NRC Teleconference Meeting Re Turkey Pt.; St. Lucie; Seabrook; Point Beach; and Duane Arnold Nuclear Power Stations – Register By 3 PM EDT Sept. 18th
The meeting is September 20th (Wednesday), in the afternoon, in Rockville Maryland. People can participate via teleconference. Register by Monday, …
Update To Hurricane Irma Nuclear Power Mysteries: US NRC Contradicts Itself On Second Turkey Point Nuclear Reactor Shutdown, Defective Parts and More
US Nuclear Power Stations reactor status for Tuesday Sept. 12, 2017, showing Turkey Pt. Reactors and St. Lucie 1 at …
Arkansas Nuclear: Unisolable 15 gal/hr “Leak” in Decay Heat Removal Piping; Inoperable Emergency Backup Generator
The pipe leak is 1/3rd of a one inch pipe. Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 1, is shut down for refueling, …
Schneider-Masterpact Breaker Role in Ft. Calhoun Nuclear Power Station Fire Appears Clear
The NRC said: “The finding stems from an NRC special inspection regarding an electrical fire that led to the declaration …
Japan: Amidst Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruption, Chimp At Large Points to Another Risk to Nuclear Power Stations
Over the last few days, Japan has had major earthquakes followed by a nearby volcanic eruption, pointing again to the …
Under Pressure: On the Dangers of PWR Nuclear Reactors, Such as Three Mile Island and Sizewell B
Hilda Murrell was abducted on the 21st of March 1984, as she prepared to testify at the Sizewell B Nuclear …
India, Day 5 of the Accident in Kakrapar: Leak Continues, Just Assurances on Radiation, No Transparency
Even as, insanely, “Sites for 46 new reactors approved ‘in-principle’: Govt” of India, March 10, 2016 http://news.statetimes.in/sites-46-new-reactors-approved-principle-govt/ Dianuke.org reports: “Day …
Kakrapar Nuclear Plant Is Likely Undergoing A Loss-Of-Coolant Accident: Dr. A. Gopalakrishnan
Via Dianuke.org: “Kakrapar Nuclear Plant Is Likely Undergoing A Loss-Of-Coolant Accident: Dr. A. Gopalakrishnan“, March 12, 2016, by Dr. A. …
New Warnings-Threats of US Nuclear Disasters in the Making
Currently Germany is attempting to send 455 casks large casks of high level spent nuclear fuel, from solid storage facilities, …
Lightening Scrammed Nuclear Reactor Loss of Cooling; Off For Weeks; On Again, Now OFF; USNRC Inspection
One month after a thunderstorm led to a scram, the US NRC announced that there had been a loss of …
US NRC Pontificates How Much Leakage Acceptable at Nuclear Power Stations
If anyone needs anymore evidence that the bureaucrats at the US NRC are either stark raving mad or have sub-zero …
Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Arkansas Nuclear One – Public Hearing May 12; Comment Deadline May 14
Multiple/Repetitive Degraded, so says the nuclear industry’s lap-dog the US NRC. Couldn’t make it up. There was a death and …
Hot Shutdown-Degrading Safety at Degraded Arkansas Nuclear & elsewhere: Comment Deadline May 14th
The US NRC has another laundry list of things to comment upon: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=NRC-2015-0088-0001 ID: NRC-2015-0088-0001, Deadline 14 May They appear …
