Southern California Edison’s announcement this week that it will close its troubled twin-reactor San Onofre nuclear power plant—along with other recent setbacks for atomic energy in the United States—marks a downward spiral for nuclear power. And it could—and should—mean a great advance for the implementation of safe, clean, renewable energy technologies. “We have long said […]
On May 2nd, workers at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant were taking apart scaffolding in a steam tunnel when they discovered two goldfish in a lemonade pitcher full of radioactive water in a secured area. For the next month, security investigators at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant spent untold hours reviewing video recordings to attempt […]
Southern California Edison, the utility which owns and operates the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, has announced that it will permanently shut down both Unit 2 and Unit 3 at the nuclear power plant which was crippled by steam generator flaws. Edison International Chairman Ted Craver released a statement which said the “continuing uncertainty about […]
Officials at the Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant have alerted the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that a non-licensee contract supervisor had been arrested off-site for possession of a controlled substance. The licensee has terminated the supervisor’s access to the site and documented the information in the Personnel Access Data System. Source: NRC