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SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION UNITS 1 AND 2: SUPPLEMENTAL INSPECTION REPORT 05000387/2015505 AND 05000388/2015505 AND ASSESSMENT FOLLOW-UP LETTER

 SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION UNITS 1 AND 2: SUPPLEMENTAL INSPECTION REPORT 05000387/2015505 AND 05000388/2015505 AND ASSESSMENT FOLLOW-UP LETTER

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By webEditor at Mon, 12/28/2015 - 21:08

THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 -CLOSURE EVALUATION FOR REPORT PURSUANT TO 10 CFR 50.46 REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY DEGRADATION (CAC NO. MF5564)

THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 -CLOSURE EVALUATION FOR REPORT PURSUANT TO 10 CFR 50.46 REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY DEGRADATION (CAC NO. MF5564)

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By webEditor at Mon, 12/28/2015 - 21:04

NRC Approves Changes to Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant’s Emergency Planning Requirements

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted Entergy Nuclear Operations Inc.’s request to alter the emergency preparedness plan for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station in Vernon, Vt., effective April 15, 2016, to reflect the plant’s decommissioning status.

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By webEditor at Tue, 12/15/2015 - 18:58

NRC Approves Changes to Reactor Oversight Process

Press Release 15-081: NRC Approves Changes to Reactor Oversight Process 

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By webEditor at Sun, 12/06/2015 - 19:52

TRUCK CONTAINING LOW LEVEL WASTE RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL FROM TMI OVERTURNED

Agreement State Event Number: 51550
Rep Org: MARYLAND DEPT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
Licensee: HITTMAN TRANSPORT SERVICES
Region: 1
City:  State: MD
County: WASHINGTON
License #: 
Agreement: Y
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NRC Notified By: RAY MANLEY
HQ OPS Officer: DONG HWA PARK		 Notification Date: 11/18/2015
Notification Time: 18:40 [ET]
Event Date: 11/18/2015
Event Time: 18:00 [EST]
Last Update Date: 11/18/2015
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
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AGREEMENT STATE		 Person (Organization): 
DAN SCHROEDER (R1DO)
BERNARD STAPLETON (IRD)
PAM HENDERSON (NMSS)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICA (EMAI)

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TRUCK CONTAINING LOW LEVEL WASTE RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL OVERTURNED 

At approximately 1800 EST on 11/18/2015, the Maryland State Police responded to an overturned truck on route I-81 in Washington County, MD. The truck departed Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station en route to Oak Ridge, TN. Maryland Department of Environment responded to the site with radiation detectors and the hazmat team. The radioactive material was classified as low level waste and contained within the vehicle. The radiation levels on contact were very low, and at 1 meter, radiation levels were at background levels. The State Police closed the road for accident reconstruction.

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By webEditor at Sun, 12/06/2015 - 19:28

TMI Siren Test on Dec. 3

There will be a Three Mile Island siren test on Thursday, Dec. 3 at 12:15 pm.   All 96 sirens around TMI will sound for three minutes.

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By webEditor at Sun, 12/06/2015 - 19:12

NRC Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Rule for Mitigating Severe Reactor Accidents

Press Release 15-074: NRC Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Rule for Mitigating Severe Reactor Accidents

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By webEditor at Mon, 11/23/2015 - 01:08

Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3 - Safety Evaluation of Relief Request I4R-56 Associated with the Common Emergency Service Water System (CAC Nos. MF6551 and MF6552)

Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3 - Safety Evaluation of Relief Request I4R-56 Associated with the Common Emergency Service Water System (CAC Nos. MF6551 and MF6552)

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By webEditor at Mon, 11/23/2015 - 01:04

Licensing Board to Hold Evidentiary Hearing Beginning on Nov. 16 in Tarrytown, N.Y., on Indian Point License Renewal Contentions

A three-judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) will conduct an evidentiary hearing starting Monday, Nov. 16, regarding three safety-related challenges to the Indian Point nuclear power plant’s license renewal application. Entergy, which owns and operates the Buchanan (Westchester County), N.Y., plant, is seeking 20-year extensions of the operating licenses for Indian Point Units 2 and 3.

The hearing will take place at the DoubleTree Hotel, at 455 South Broadway in Tarrytown, N.Y. It will begin at noon on Nov. 16, with the start time for the subsequent days to be announced at the hearing.

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By webEditor at Tue, 11/10/2015 - 09:28

PC News Update : Entergy will pull the plug on Pilgrim by 2019, activists say not soon enough

On October 13th, Entergy made the announcement we have all been longing to hear - that Pilgrim will be closing. The excitement lasted for a brief minute until they mentioned a closing date by June 2019.

Entergy Corporation cited poor market conditions, reduced revenues and increased operational costs are the cause for their decision to close Pilgrim.

According to Entergy, the exact timing of the shutdown will depend on several factors, including further discussion with ISO-New England, and will be decided in the first half of 2016.

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By webEditor at Tue, 11/10/2015 - 09:24

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