Source: World Nuclear News
Date: 9/1/2011
Two nuclear power reactors which were shut down as Hurricane Irene swept up the east coast of the USA have now been restarted. Exelon's single-unit Oyster Creek plant in New Jersey was taken offline on 27 August as a precaution against the approaching hurricane-force winds. The utility, having found that the reactor had not sustained any damage, announced that the 636 MWe boiling water reactor had restarted operation on 30 August. Constellation reported on 31 August that it had restarted unit 1 at its Calvert Cliffs plant in Maryland. The 825 MWe pressurized water reactor shut down automatically after aluminium cladding dislodged from a nearby building hit a transformer, while the plant's second unit continued to operate safely.
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Thursday, September 1, 2011
9/1/2011 Earthquake shifted nuclear storage casks up to 4 inches
Source: USA Today
Date: 9/1/2011
by: Wendy Koch
The magnitude-5.8 earthquake last week in Virginia caused 25 of 27 spent-fuel storage casks at a nearby nuclear power plant to shift 1 to 4 inches, officials said Thursday.
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Date: 9/1/2011
by: Wendy Koch
The magnitude-5.8 earthquake last week in Virginia caused 25 of 27 spent-fuel storage casks at a nearby nuclear power plant to shift 1 to 4 inches, officials said Thursday.
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
8/31/2011 FACTBOX-US nuclear facilities back in restart after Irene
Source: Reuters
Date: Wed Aug 31, 2011 3:27pm GMT
Aug 31 (Reuters) - The following lists nuclear power plants in the path of Hurricane Irene and
their status as of early Wednesday.
Some plants remained fully operational through the storm, while a few were shut or reduced power in advance of expected major storm surge.
In Maryland, Constellation Energy Nuclear Group's Calvert Cliffs 1 facility remained shut offline after a transformer was hit by a section of aluminum siding during the storm.
The North Anna nuclear plant in Virginia remains shut following last week's earthquake in the region. The plant cannot be restarted until the operator can show no functional damage occurred to equipment needed for safe operation. [ID:nN1E77S184]
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Date: Wed Aug 31, 2011 3:27pm GMT
Aug 31 (Reuters) - The following lists nuclear power plants in the path of Hurricane Irene and
their status as of early Wednesday.
Some plants remained fully operational through the storm, while a few were shut or reduced power in advance of expected major storm surge.
In Maryland, Constellation Energy Nuclear Group's Calvert Cliffs 1 facility remained shut offline after a transformer was hit by a section of aluminum siding during the storm.
The North Anna nuclear plant in Virginia remains shut following last week's earthquake in the region. The plant cannot be restarted until the operator can show no functional damage occurred to equipment needed for safe operation. [ID:nN1E77S184]
STATE OWNER PLANT MONDAY STATUS RESTART TIMING CAPACITY MW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Connecticut Dominion Millstone Unit 2 BACK AT FULL PWR N/A 884 Connecticut Dominion Millstone Unit 3* BACK AT FULL PWR N/A 1,227 Maryland Constellation Calvert Cliffs 1* UP TO 2 PT UNKNOWN 873 Maryland Constellation Calvert Cliffs 2 NO IMPACT N/A 862 Massachusetts Entergy Pilgrim NO IMPACT N/A 685 New Hampshire NextEra Seabrook NO IMPACT N/A 1,295 New Jersey PSEG Nuclear Salem Unit 1 NO IMPACT N/A 1,174 New Jersey PSEG Nuclear Salem Unit 2 NO IMPACT N/A 1,130 New Jersey PSEG Nuclear Hope Creek NO IMPACT N/A 1,161 New Jersey Exelon Oyster Creek* BACK AT FULL PWR N/A 619 New York Entergy Indian Point 2 NO IMPACT N/A 1,020 New York Entergy Indian Point 3 NO IMPACT N/A 1,025 N. Carolina Progress Brunswick Unit 1* BACK AT FULL PWR N/A 938 N. Carolina Progress Brunswick Unit 2* UP TO 94 PCT N/A 937 N. Carolina Progress Harris Unit 1 NO IMPACT N/A 900 Pennsylvania Exelon Limerick 1 BACK AT FULL PWR N/A 1,134 Pennsylvania Exelon Limerick 2 BACK AT FULL PWR N/A 1,134 Virginia Dominion Surry Unit 1 NO IMPACT N/A 799 Virginia Dominion Surry Unit 2 NO IMPACT N/A 799 Virginia Dominion North Anna Unit 1 OFFLINE UNKNOWN 980.5 Virginia Dominion North Anna Unit 2 OFFLINE UNKNOWN 972.9 Vermont Entergy Vermont Yankee NO IMPACT N/A 620 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Key:
GE - General Electric
WH - Westinghouse
Numbers in brackets show current power output
Stations to which NRC dispatched additional staff
Sources: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, companies
(Reporting by Eileen Moustakis, Jeanine Prezioso, Selam Gebrekidan, David Sheppard, Joshua
Schneyer and Matthew Robinson in New York, Eileen O'Grady in Houston;editing by Sofina Mirza-Reid)
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8/27/2011 (Video) Speculation: Why are malformed babies never seen in Japan?
Source: koizuka77 YouTube Channel
Date: 8/27/2011 upload date
Keiko Ichikawa, the author of "A Letter from Fukushima", says why we hardly see malformed children in Japan and what will possibily happen hereafter, in the symposium on the accident of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant held in Odawara on 21st Aug 2011.
Date: 8/27/2011 upload date
Keiko Ichikawa, the author of "A Letter from Fukushima", says why we hardly see malformed children in Japan and what will possibily happen hereafter, in the symposium on the accident of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant held in Odawara on 21st Aug 2011.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
8/30/2011 Fukushima Update–Mini-Fukushima in DC’s Back Yard?
Source: The Paltry Sapien
Date: 8/30/2011
by: Matthew Payne
While everybody has been focused on hurricane Irene, the 5.8 scale earthquake that massaged the East Coast has fallen into the public’s rear-view mirror. The public had best do a quick head swivel, however, and pay attention to this odd little geological event. It was not just a bit of rock and roll that cracked the facade of the Washington Monument (insert pithy and wry observation about the metaphoric meaning of that here), it provided a wake-up call, a good tug at the bed sheets, for our sleepy nuclear watchdogs.
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Date: 8/30/2011
by: Matthew Payne
North Anna Nuclear Power Plant (c/o Wikipedia)
While everybody has been focused on hurricane Irene, the 5.8 scale earthquake that massaged the East Coast has fallen into the public’s rear-view mirror. The public had best do a quick head swivel, however, and pay attention to this odd little geological event. It was not just a bit of rock and roll that cracked the facade of the Washington Monument (insert pithy and wry observation about the metaphoric meaning of that here), it provided a wake-up call, a good tug at the bed sheets, for our sleepy nuclear watchdogs.
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8/29/2011 Radioactive cesium in San Francisco Bay Area milk close to exceeding EPA’s Maximum Contaminant Level
Source: ENENews
Date: August 29th, 2011 at 02:39 PM
UCB Milk Sampling, UC Berkeley, August 25, 2011:
The MDA was reduced considerably since the last test on August 11.
Milk with best buy date of August 22, 2011:
“EPA lumps these gamma and beta emitters together under one collective MCL [Maximum Contaminant Level], so if you’re seeing cesium-137 in your milk or water, the MCL is 3.0 picocuries per liter; if you’re seeing iodine-131, the MCL is 3.0; if you’re seeing cesium-137 and iodine-131, the MCL is still 3.0.” -Forbes.com
Date: August 29th, 2011 at 02:39 PM
UCB Milk Sampling, UC Berkeley, August 25, 2011:
The MDA was reduced considerably since the last test on August 11.
Milk with best buy date of August 22, 2011:
- Cesium-134 .047 Becquerels per liter (1.27 picocuries per liter)
- Cesium-137 .052 Bq/liter (1.41 pCi/l)
“EPA lumps these gamma and beta emitters together under one collective MCL [Maximum Contaminant Level], so if you’re seeing cesium-137 in your milk or water, the MCL is 3.0 picocuries per liter; if you’re seeing iodine-131, the MCL is 3.0; if you’re seeing cesium-137 and iodine-131, the MCL is still 3.0.” -Forbes.com
8/30/2011 Nuclear plant worker dies of acute leukemia
Source: Mainichi Daily News
Date: 8/30/2011
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A worker in his 40s who had been engaged in recovery work at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has died of acute leukemia, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Tuesday.
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Date: 8/30/2011
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A worker in his 40s who had been engaged in recovery work at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has died of acute leukemia, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Tuesday.
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Monday, August 29, 2011
8/24/2011 (Video) Why did the Virginia nuke plant, built on fault line, have its quake sensors removed?
Source: RT News
Date: 8/24/2011
by: Thom Hartman
[Editor's Note: I extracted the Thom Hartman interview segment with Beyond Nuclear's Paul Gunter concerning the North Anna Nuclear Generating Station which is run by Dominion Generation (the company stock is listed as Dominion Resources). Some disturbing points are brought up. This nuclear power plant actually had its seismic sensors removed in the 1990's due to budget cuts. The Lake Anna Dam, which was constructed on the North Anna River to create Lake Anna, an artificial reservoir to cool the North Anna nuclear plant, was recently inspected for earthquake damage and passed inspection. However, as Mr. Gunter notes, America's crumbling infrastructure has low D- ratings on many of its dams with regards to upkeep, including this one. Also, due to the nuclear power plant being very close to the epicenter of the 5.8 magnitude quake, Gunter feels that damage to the nuclear plant's is likely, such as cracked pipes which in the case of the Dresden nuclear power plant in Illinois, leaked radioactive tritium.
Link to original Thom Hartman interview which includes other segments: http://youtu.be/pRs5RKXoZ6I
Good article that speculates that the North Anna Nuclear Generating Station has been damaged and is possibly leaking radiation: http://www.examiner.com/human-rights-in-national/us-quake-nuclear-meltdown-wa...]
Date: 8/24/2011
by: Thom Hartman
[Editor's Note: I extracted the Thom Hartman interview segment with Beyond Nuclear's Paul Gunter concerning the North Anna Nuclear Generating Station which is run by Dominion Generation (the company stock is listed as Dominion Resources). Some disturbing points are brought up. This nuclear power plant actually had its seismic sensors removed in the 1990's due to budget cuts. The Lake Anna Dam, which was constructed on the North Anna River to create Lake Anna, an artificial reservoir to cool the North Anna nuclear plant, was recently inspected for earthquake damage and passed inspection. However, as Mr. Gunter notes, America's crumbling infrastructure has low D- ratings on many of its dams with regards to upkeep, including this one. Also, due to the nuclear power plant being very close to the epicenter of the 5.8 magnitude quake, Gunter feels that damage to the nuclear plant's is likely, such as cracked pipes which in the case of the Dresden nuclear power plant in Illinois, leaked radioactive tritium.
Link to original Thom Hartman interview which includes other segments: http://youtu.be/pRs5RKXoZ6I
Good article that speculates that the North Anna Nuclear Generating Station has been damaged and is possibly leaking radiation: http://www.examiner.com/human-rights-in-national/us-quake-nuclear-meltdown-wa...]
Sunday, August 28, 2011
8/27/2011 Vehicle crashes into barriers at Comanche Peak nuclear plant
Source: KVUE.com (ABC affiliate)
Date: August 27, 2011 at 7:06 PM
by: WFAA
SOMERVELL COUNTY — Officials at the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant have confirmed that someone crashed a vehicle into security barriers around the facility near Glen Rose early Saturday morning.
The facility reported the "unusual event" to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the property was locked down, according to a statement issued Saturday afternoon.
Luminant, the company that operates Comanche Peak, said the on-site security team used "appropriate security measures" and that a suspect was apprehended.
The company did not say whether the incident was accidental or intentional, nor did it specify what type of vehicle was involved. It was not made clear whether the suspect was injured.
“We are extremely proud of our on-site security team who acted commendably last night,” said Rafael Flores, Luminant’s chief nuclear officer, in a written statement provided to WFAA. “At this point, our primary focus is on the ongoing investigation, and we are working hand-in-hand with the Somervell County Sheriff’s Office and the NRC as they investigate this matter.”
A spokesperson for the Somervell County Sheriff's Office said the department could provide no information about the incident until Monday.
Luminant said the Comanche Peak plant resumed normal operating conditions on Saturday morning. An "unusual event" is the lowest of four emergency levels established by federal regulators.
Comanche Peak began operations in 1990 and has two reactors. It is located 80 miles southwest of Dallas.
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Date: August 27, 2011 at 7:06 PM
by: WFAA
SOMERVELL COUNTY — Officials at the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant have confirmed that someone crashed a vehicle into security barriers around the facility near Glen Rose early Saturday morning.
The facility reported the "unusual event" to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the property was locked down, according to a statement issued Saturday afternoon.
Luminant, the company that operates Comanche Peak, said the on-site security team used "appropriate security measures" and that a suspect was apprehended.
The company did not say whether the incident was accidental or intentional, nor did it specify what type of vehicle was involved. It was not made clear whether the suspect was injured.
“We are extremely proud of our on-site security team who acted commendably last night,” said Rafael Flores, Luminant’s chief nuclear officer, in a written statement provided to WFAA. “At this point, our primary focus is on the ongoing investigation, and we are working hand-in-hand with the Somervell County Sheriff’s Office and the NRC as they investigate this matter.”
A spokesperson for the Somervell County Sheriff's Office said the department could provide no information about the incident until Monday.
Luminant said the Comanche Peak plant resumed normal operating conditions on Saturday morning. An "unusual event" is the lowest of four emergency levels established by federal regulators.
Comanche Peak began operations in 1990 and has two reactors. It is located 80 miles southwest of Dallas.
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8/28/2011 U.S. Nuclear Reactors Weather Storm
Source: Bloomberg
Date: Aug 28, 2011 5:23 PM CT
by: Julie Johnsson
More than a dozen nuclear plants in the path of Hurricane Irene along the U.S. East Coast safely weathered the storm’s passage without losing power to their reactors, according to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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Date: Aug 28, 2011 5:23 PM CT
by: Julie Johnsson
More than a dozen nuclear plants in the path of Hurricane Irene along the U.S. East Coast safely weathered the storm’s passage without losing power to their reactors, according to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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8/28/2011 Hurricane closes Oyster Creek and Calvert Cliff 1
Source: World Nuclear News
Date: 8/28/2011
Two nuclear power plants have shutdown as Hurricane Irene continues to track up the US east coast. Oyster Creek, operated by Exelon in New Jersey, was powered down at around 17:00 EST, Saturday, as high winds approached. CENG's Calvert Cliff unit 1 reactor, based in Maryland, shut down automatically after aluminium debris hit a transformer.
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Date: 8/28/2011
Two nuclear power plants have shutdown as Hurricane Irene continues to track up the US east coast. Oyster Creek, operated by Exelon in New Jersey, was powered down at around 17:00 EST, Saturday, as high winds approached. CENG's Calvert Cliff unit 1 reactor, based in Maryland, shut down automatically after aluminium debris hit a transformer.
Map of Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station
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Map of Calvert Cliff Nuclear Power Plant
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