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California nuclear plant may have leaked radioactive gas.

Posted in Nuclear, Radiation, tagged , , on February 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is reporting that a “small” amount of radioactive gas may have leaked at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in Southern California. The San Onofre plant is on the Pacific Ocean coast near San Clemente north of San Diego. It consists of two units, No. 2 and No. 3. No. 1 was shut down [...]

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Another hearing for STP expansion license

Posted in Global Warming, Nuclear, tagged , , , on October 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »

An Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) panel will conduct an evidentiary hearing Oct. 31 in Rockville, Md., in the South Texas Project Combined License (COL) proceeding. The ASLB is the independent body within the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that presides over proceedings involving the licensing of civilian nuclear facilities, such as nuclear power plants. This [...]

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Foreign Ownership Could Halt Licensing of Proposed South Texas Project Nuclear Reactors

Posted in Global Warming, tagged , , on October 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The expansion of the South Texas Nuclear Project (STP) from 2 units to 4 units has had an interesting financing history.  Initially Austin Energy chose to not pursue a financial partnership with NRG, Toshiba and San Antonio’s municipally owned utility – CPS.  That left CPS with a 50% ownership, which they later dropped to 40% [...]

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Earthquake and hurricane, the east coast is starting the Fall with a bang.

Posted in Global Warming, tagged , , , on August 23, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Earlier today I got on a scheduled phone call with some of the staff in our D.C. office just after they had come back into their building after evacuating during the 5.8 magnitude Virginia earthquake that rattled buildings and nerves all the way to New York City.  They, of course, had more immediate concerns but [...]

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NRC revisiting low-level radioactive waste reduction policy

Posted in Global Warming, tagged , , on August 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is seeking public comment on proposed revisions to its policy statement on volume reduction of low-level radioactive waste (LLRW). The proposed revisions would urge licensees to minimize the volume of waste they produce since such a focus will extend the operational lifetime of the existing commercial low-level disposal sites and reduce [...]

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STP, the nuclear expansion project that just won’t die

Posted in Nuclear, Nuclear Plants, tagged , , , on August 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Despite the fact that NRG/Toshiba (formally know together as NINA) has been unsuccessful in their multi-year efforts to expand by two units, the South Texas “Nuclear” Project (STP) – the process for their Combined License (COL) is proceeding.  An Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) panel will hear oral argument and conduct an evidentiary hearing, [...]

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Fort Calhoun nuclear plant, one to watch

Posted in Nuclear, tagged , , , on July 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Although flood concerns at Nebraska’s two nuclear power plants have subsided for the time being, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has announced short and long term plans that will examine and possibly affect flood safety at both reactors.  The NRC is schedule to be in Omaha starting July 27th examining flood control at the Fort [...]

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NRC’S TASK FORCE RECOMMENDS CHANGES TO REACTOR SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

Posted in Global Warming, tagged , , , on July 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Japan Task Force has proposed improvements in areas ranging from loss of power to earthquakes, flooding, spent fuel pools, venting and preparedness, and said a “patchwork of regulatory requirements” developed “piece-by-piece over the decades” should be replaced with a “logical, systematic and coherent regulatory framework” to further bolster reactor safety in [...]

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Dresden Nuclear Power Plant issues alert

Posted in Global Warming, tagged , , , , , on July 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Exelon’s  Dresden Nuclear Power Plant located in Morris, Ill., roughly 60 miles southwest of Chicago declared an alert at 10:16 a.m. CT today after a chemical leak restricted access to a vital area that houses plant cooling water pumps.  The leaking chemical is sodium hypochlorite, which is similar to bleach, and is routinely used in [...]

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Japan’s nuclear corporate & regulatory culture not so different from ours

Posted in Global Warming, tagged , , , on July 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Bashing Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco), has become a regular habit in Japan over the past three months. While Tepco managers certainly bungled the response to the crisis at the company’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, Tepco wasn’t operating in a vacuum.  Indications are that failures of corporate governance policies and [...]

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Some U.S. Reactors on Borrowed Time

Posted in Global Warming, tagged , , , on June 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Global Support for Nuclear Power Drops A new Ipsos/Reuters poll released on June 22nd reveal that global support for nuclear power has plummetted in the wake of the Fukushima disaster. A survey of over 19,000 people in 24 countries showed that three quarters of people now think nuclear power will soon be obsolete.  Only three countries still show [...]

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What The Fukushima Is Going On In Omaha?

Posted in Nuclear, tagged , , , on June 27, 2011 | 2 Comments »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is monitoring events at the Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant after a protective berm holding back floodwaters from the Missouri River collapsed early today. The plant, located about 19 miles north of Omaha, Nebraska, is operated by Omaha Public Power District.  NRC has been monitoring this plant since  June [...]

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Three-quarters of US nuclear power plants have had radioactive tritium leaks

Posted in Nuclear, Radiation, tagged , , , , , on June 21, 2011 | 3 Comments »

According to an Associated Press investigative report, three-quarters of the nation’s commercial nuclear power sites have had tritium leaks (a radioactive form of hydrogen), often into groundwater from corroded, buried piping and the number and severity of the leaks has been escalating as the reactors age, even as federal regulators extend the licenses of more [...]

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New NRC rule would minimize “legacy sites” but might create more waste for WCS

Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged , , , on June 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Facilities that process large quantities of radioactive material have the potential for significant environmental contamination due to the scale of their operations. Over time, leaks from these facilities can lead to significant radioactive contamination of the subsurface soil and groundwater.  In addition, the high costs of disposing of radioactive material off-site may lead these facilities [...]

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Aging nuclear plants create radioactive waste in need of disposal, with few options available

Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged , , , , on June 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Critiques of nuclear generation have generally revolved around safety risks and high construction fees, but relatively little attention has been paid to what happens when a nuclear plant powers down for good. Costs Can Reach Over $1 Billion Nuclear plants must be decommissioned at the end of their useful life, and operating licenses are generally for [...]

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