Out of an abundance of caution, plant personnel contacted EMS. First responders were dispatched, but no emergency actions were necessary," a Talen spokesperson said.

: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday, Oct. 30 stated it is satisfied the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station responded appropriately to Tuesday night’s situation, and the plant and community ...

Five miles from the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, in a wooded, suburban neighborhood, in a nondescript office building, is a very unusual room. It looks a lot like the bridge of the Starship ...

PLYMOUTH - A degraded electric cable led to a manual scram, or shutdown, Friday of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant in Plymouth. According to theNuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), control-room ...

Federal regulators plan to keep an eye on the troublesome reactor, which has experienced six emergency shutdowns, known as "scrams," in the past two years. Wednesday's 5 a.m. scram was caused by a ...

Florida Power & Light’s (FPL) Turkey Point nuclear plant near Homestead will be subject to elevated scrutiny from federal regulators in the coming months after a series of unplanned reactor shutdowns.

The control room has a 1940s sci-fi vibe. More than 2,000 tiny lights cover the right wall, with a sign on top that says “Caution: Bumping Panel May Cause Reactor To Scram.” Each of the lights used to ...

Behind the locked gates of Building 372 at Fort Belvoir in Virginia, past the door to the huge containment vessel where a sign warns of radiation, a large button on the control panel is covered in red ...

There have been three major accidents at commercial nuclear reactors – Three Mile Island (1979), Chernobyl (1986), and Fukushima (2011). Let’s take a look at each of these accidents to see what ...

Federal nuclear safety authorities announced an investigation into an incident Tuesday night at a north-central Pennsylvania power plant. At 7:04 p.m. Tuesday, Unit 2 at the Susquehanna Steam Electric ...