3 Worrisome Events Involving Nuclear Power PlantsNovember 6, 2006
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Nuclear Event - North-America
Event summary
GLIDE Number NC-20061031-8194-USA
Event type Nuclear Event Date / time [UTC] 31/10/2006 - 05:09:57
(Military Time, UTC)
Country USA Area Arkansas Nuclear Power Plant
County / State Arkansas State City Russellville
Cause of event Unknow Log date 31/10/2006 - 05:09:57 (Military Time,
UTC)
Damage level Moderate Time left -
Latitude: N 35° 18.642 Longitude: W 93° 13.869
Number of deaths: Not or Not data Number of injured persons: Not or Not data
Evacuated: - Infected -
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DESCRIPTION
Report by RSOE AlertNet:
A small fire broke out at the Entergy nuclear power plant near
Russellville Monday. But offficials say the brief blaze posed no danger
to the community. Entergy says the fire at Arkansas Nuclear One, west of
Russellville, began at 1:04 p.m. The fire broke out in an auxiliary
building that did not contain any radioactive material. Entergy Nuclear
spokesman Phil Fisher says an employee with a hand-held fire
extinguisher put out the fire within 10 minutes of its start. No one was
injured. Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials are on the scene and
are working with Entergy officials to determine the cause of the fire.
Fisher says the fire, which began in an electrical panel, affected the
plant's backup for its primary safety system. One of the two units at
the steam electric plant continues to operate at 100 percent power. The
other continues to run at 60 percent, after coming back on line Saturday
after being shut down for 38-days for refueling. Entergy Arkansas, is
the state's largest electrical service provider. The nuclear plant
produces about 56 percent of the power used by Entergy Arkansas' 650,000
customers in the state.
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Nuclear Event - North-America
Event summary
GLIDE Number NC-20061103-8234-USA
Event type Nuclear Event Date / time [UTC] 03/11/2006 - 04:17:21
(Military Time, UTC)
Country USA Area Van Buren County / Palisades Nuclear Plant
County / State Michigan State City -
Cause of event Unknow Log date 03/11/2006 - 04:17:21 (Military Time,
UTC)
Damage level Moderate Time left -
Latitude: N 42° 19.546 Longitude: W 86° 18.472
Number of deaths: Not or Not data Number of injured persons: Not or Not
data
Evacuated: - Infected -
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DESCRIPTION
A service water leak has led to the shutdown of Palisades Nuclear
Plant's lone reactor, according to a report filed with the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission. The 798-megawatt plant is owned by Jackson-based
CMS Energy Corp. and operated by Nuclear Management Co., based in
Hudson, Wis. It is in Van Buren County's Covert Township, about 55 miles
southwest of Grand Rapids. Workers detected the leak Wednesday afternoon
in the cooling coil of a containment air cooler that has no safety
function. Because the leak could not be repaired within the required one
hour, however, the reactor was shut down, the report said. There was no
indication in the report when the leak might be stopped or when the
reactor might be operating again. A telephone call to CMS Energy was
referred to Nuclear Management, where a message seeking additional
information was left Thursday evening.
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Nuclear Event - North-America
Event summary
GLIDE Number NC-20061103-8237-USA
Event type Nuclear Event Date / time [UTC] 03/11/2006 - 04:57:55
(Military Time, UTC)
Country USA Area Three Mile Islands Nuclear Power Plant
County / State Pennsylvania State City -
Cause of event Unknow Log date 03/11/2006 - 04:57:55 (Military Time,
UTC)
Damage level Moderate Time left -
Latitude: N 40° 9.183 Longitude: W 76° 43.470
Number of deaths: Not or Not data Number of injured persons: Not or Not
data
Evacuated: - Infected -
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DESCRIPTION
The reactor at Three Mile Island, site of the nation's worst nuclear
accident, shut down Thursday, but radiation was not released and there
was no danger to the public, company and federal officials said. A
faulty instrument reading triggered the automatic shutdown, officials
said. It was the first shutdown of Unit 1 since 1997, said Ralph
DeSantis, a spokesman for the plant's operator, AmerGen Energy Co. LLC.
The unit, which opened in 1974, shut off at 1:35 p.m. and remained down
Thursday evening. "It appears this was an uncomplicated, smooth
shutdown," said Neil Sheehan, a spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission. DeSantis said other power plants in the regional electricity
grid would ensure that customers experienced no power failures. Workers
were investigating, and it was unclear when the reactor would resume
operation. The plant, about 10 miles southeast of Harrisburg, was the
site of the nation's worst nuclear accident when a partial meltdown
occurred in the Unit 2 reactor in March 1979. |
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