Feds say unsafe power supply caused leak, evacuations around Pa. plant last yearOctober 5th, 2009 Feds: Unsafe power supply caused Pa. chemical leakPETROLIA, Pa.
Product Recalls: Halcyon diving equipmentOctober 1st, 2009 Product Recalls: Halcyon diving equipmentThe following recall has been announced:
— About 20,300 Halcyon diving equipment products, made in the U.S. by Halcyon Manufacturing Inc., of High Springs, Fla., because they pose a drowning hazard for divers.
NRC finds 2 problems with emergency shutdown of NJ plant following July lightning strikeSeptember 30th, 2009 NRC finds problems in NJ nuke plant emergencyLACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Federal regulators say the emergency shutdown of the nation's oldest nuclear power plant in July exposed two low-level problems.
Small oil leak stops production at North Sea StatoilHydro platformSeptember 25th, 2009 Oil leak shuts down StatoilHydro platformOSLO — State-controlled Norwegian oil company StatoilHydro ASA was forced to shut down its Statfjord C offshore oil platform Friday after it leaked water contaminated by oil into the North Sea. Statfjord C off Norway's southwestern coast will remain offline until the cause of the leak is found, StatoilHydro spokesman Oeistein Johannessen said.
Leaks, electrical problems have oldest US nuclear plant showing its ageSeptember 9th, 2009 Nation's oldest nuclear plant showing its ageLACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — As the nation's oldest nuclear power plant shows its age, some call it Oyster Creak.
NRC finds no spread of contamination from 1st of 2 leaks at Oyster Creek nuclear plant in NJSeptember 8th, 2009 NRC: No threat from leak at NJ nuclear power plantATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Federal regulators say the first of two leaks of radioactive tritium this year at the nation's oldest nuclear power plant did not spread contamination beyond the plant's grounds.
Federal regulators seek better ways to spot leaks in buried pipes at all US nuclear plantsSeptember 8th, 2009 NRC seeks better leak detection at US nuke plantsATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Federal regulators say they're looking for better ways to detect leaks from buried pipes at nuclear power plants.
Reactor back in operation after NY nuke plant's 4th shutdown since May; NRC inspection likelyAugust 30th, 2009 NY nuke reactor back online after shutdownBUCHANAN, N.Y. — A suburban New York nuclear power reactor is running again after shutting down because of a leak in an oil pipe.
At least 2 dozen injured by ammonia leak at meat plant in South San FranciscoAugust 28th, 2009 Dozens hurt by ammonia leak at Calif. meat plantSOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.
Plugging leaking oil well off Australia could take weeks, operator saysAugust 23rd, 2009 Plugging Australian oil leak could take weeksPERTH, Australia — Plugging a leak at an offshore drilling rig that has caused an oil slick off Australia will take weeks, the operator said Sunday, though officials said there was little threat of environmental damage. Oil and gas have been leaking from a hole deep beneath the sea floor at the site of the rig between Australia's northwest coast and Indonesia since early Friday.
NRC reviews nuke plant owners' plans to save enough money to shut down reactorsAugust 20th, 2009 NRC looks at nuke plant shutdown fund shortfallsBETHESDA, Md. — Federal regulators said Thursday they hope to resolve funding shortfalls with the owners of 26 nuclear plants, who aren't saving enough money to dismantle them when they've run their course.
Plant shutdown puts nuclear power back in spotlight as election nears in GermanyJuly 6th, 2009 Plant shutdown reignites German nuclear spatBERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-left rivals made it clear Monday they will make nuclear power a major issue in the September national election, following a weekend shutdown at a troubled German nuclear plant. The plant at Kruemmel, near Hamburg, shut down automatically on Saturday following a short-circuit in a transformer.
Utility officials in Illinois say no public threat in tritium leak at nuclear power plantJune 8th, 2009 No public threat in tritium leak at Ill. plantMORRIS, Ill.
L&T signs pact with GE Hitachi for nuclear plantsMay 19th, 2009 MUMBAI - Diversified conglomerate Larsen and Toubro (L&T) has signed a pact with the US-based GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy to build boiling water reactors for nuclear power plants, the company said Tuesday. L&T had earlier signed similar pacts with Westinghouse Electric of the US, Atomic Energy of Canada and Atomstroyexport of Russia.
Oldest US nuclear plant resumes operations a week after it was shut down for equipment failureMay 3rd, 2009 Oldest US nuclear plant resumes normal operationsLACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Normal operations have resumed at the nation's oldest nuclear power plant a week after it was shut down because of a failed transformer.
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