Power generation is down. Guess what’s happened to nuclear’s share?
Despite the booming economy and GDP growth since the Great Recession, electrical generation has declined. It never recovered, reports one site. Along these…
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San Onofre in California is shut down. But its spent fuel still remains.
The media has taken notice of the problem of spent fuel being stored indefinitely at reactor sites, which, for now, will be there long…
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Three U.S. Nuclear Plants Threatened by Closure
The fate of one seems all but certain. The other two nuclear plants are in the hands of Illinois state politicians.
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Relay manufacturer quietly changes internal parts, creates potential safety hazard
Sometimes product manufacturers change out the parts in a particular equipment model without changing the model number. Even though there is little to no…
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Callaway back online after repairing reactor coolant system leak
The plant shut down in the middle of the night on July 23, 2015 after several control room alarms went off. . . .
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Raspberry Pi 2 sheds new light on an old control room problem
A bug was discovered on the Raspberry Pi 2, a small computer intended to promote computer science education to children. While new to the…
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A nuclear plant is shutting down. Track its daily progress on Facebook (for the next 60 years).
When Vermont Yankee scrams on December 29th, it will be for the last time. Then, the dismantling process begins. It will take 60 years…
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Lockheed Martin revives hope of forever ending the energy shortage
That’s right, we’re talking about nuclear fusion reactors. In October of 2014, Lockheed announced that they might actually be on to something. They are…
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