I-TEAM: FLAW FOUND IN HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT REACTOR HEAD NEW HILL, N.C. (WTVD) — The ABC11 I-Team has learned of a new problem at the Duke Energy Shearon Harris power plant in New Hill. The plant was off-line for refueling when a so-called “flaw” was discovered in the reactor head. The reactor head is … Continue reading I-TEAM: FLAW FOUND IN HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT REACTOR HEAD
Fission may fizzle as nuclear power reacts to economics WADSWORTH – A panel of dials, meters and knobs surrounds the beige-colored control room at the South Texas Project, one of two nuclear power plants in Texas. The displays that light up in bright shades of red and green have a decidedly retro look with nary … Continue reading #Fission may fizzle as nuclear power reacts to economics
Small fire put out at Exelon’s Pennsylvania nuclear power plant April 5 (Reuters) – Exelon Corp said on Sunday that a small electrical fire was extinguished in the reactor building at its 2,264-megawatt Limerick nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. Read full article at Reuters
Bailout of nuclear power plant would set bad precedent The New York state Public Service Commission and the Cuomo administration will soon decide whether ratepayers can be forced to bail out Exelon, the nation’s largest nuclear power plant operator, and its Ginna nuclear plant, one of the world’s oldest commercial reactors, built near Rochester in … Continue reading Bailout of nuclear power plant would set bad precedent #EXC #Ginna
Coal burn could increase with Illinois nuclear unit offline: PJM With the shutdown of Exelon Generation’s 1,242-MW Braidwood-1 nuclear power unit in Braceville, Illinois, this week, there could be an uptick of coal burn in PJM’s power grid, a spokesman with the regional transmission organization said Tuesday. Exelon announced the nuclear unit, located about 50 … Continue reading Coal burn could increase with Illinois nuclear unit offline: PJM
Xcel nuclear power unit back online after false fire alarm Xcel Energy’s Prairie Island nuclear power plant is back up to full capacity, now that repairs are complete after a false fire alarm in one of its two units sounded more than three weeks earlier. Unit 2 was back in business shortly before 6 p.m. … Continue reading #Xcel nuclear power unit back online after false fire alarm
The case against the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant: Connie Kline (Opinion) Aggressively lobbied by FirstEnergy Corp. and passed by the General Assembly in May 2014, Senate Bill 310, along with wind-turbine restrictions, decimated Ohio’s 2008 renewable-energy and energy-efficiency standards in order to force reliance on coal and nuclear power. Not coincidentally, in August 2014, FirstEnergy … Continue reading The case against the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant
Finally! We Can Get Moving On Disposing Of Our Nuclear Waste We might actually make a move that brings us closer to disposing of nuclear waste than ever before – by giving the two main types of nuclear waste, weapons and power, each their own deep geologic repository. Last week, President Obama authorized the Energy … Continue reading Finally! We Can Get Moving On Disposing Of Our Nuclear Waste
U.S. Support for Nuclear Energy at 51% WASHINGTON, D.C. — A slim majority of Americans (51%) now favor the use of nuclear energy for electricity in the U.S., while 43% oppose it. This level of support is similar to what Gallup found when it last measured these attitudes two years ago, but it is down … Continue reading U.S. Support for Nuclear Energy at 51%
The biggest player in the beleaguered nuclear power industry wants a place alongside solar, wind and hydroelectric power collecting extra money for producing carbon-free electricity. Exelon Corp. (NYSE: EXC), operator of the largest fleet of U.S. nuclear plants, says it could have to close three of them if Illinois rejects the company’s pitch to let … Continue reading Nation’s biggest #nuclear firm makes a play for green money #EXC
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