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    Critical Nuclear Reactor Bolts Fail at Indian Point 2
    Roger Witherspoon
    • Mar 31, 2016
    • 7 min

    Critical Nuclear Reactor Bolts Fail at Indian Point 2

    By Roger Witherspoon A special inspection of the Indian Point 2 nuclear reactor found that more than a quarter of the stainless steel bolts needed to channel cooling water through active nuclear fuel rods were broken, distorted or “missing”, a finding that calls into question the effectiveness of the long term management of this and other ageing power plants. The inspection, which began March 7, concerned the 832 “baffle-former assembly bolts” which hold special metal plates
    NRC Halts New Nuclear Licenses: Existing Licenses in Doubt
    Roger Witherspoon
    • Aug 9, 2012
    • 7 min

    NRC Halts New Nuclear Licenses: Existing Licenses in Doubt

    By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article In an unprecedented move, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has bowed to a court order  and imposed a temporary halt in relicensing nuclear power plants until it thoroughly examines the impact of runaway meltdowns at the plants’ spent fuel pools. That action affects the relicensing evaluations of some 33 facilities at 19 sites, including Indian Point 2 and 3 on the Hudson River opposite Bear Mountain.  And it leaves in limbo
    Dropping by the Millions: NRC Downgrades Indian Point Fish Kills
    Roger Witherspoon
    • Jul 25, 2012
    • 10 min

    Dropping by the Millions: NRC Downgrades Indian Point Fish Kills

    By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article In a stunning change of position, federal regulators have downgraded by a factor of 1,000 the 31-year-old data assessing the fish killed annually by the Indian Point nuclear power plant. In addition, the regulators assert the plants’ thermal plume causes minimal damage to the Hudson River environment and may fit state requirements for a hot water discharge permit. The direct impact of the change by the Nuclear Regulatory Comm
    Unexplained Mishaps Shut Indian Point 3
    Roger Witherspoon
    • Sep 11, 2010
    • 4 min

    Unexplained Mishaps Shut Indian Point 3

    By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article A series of unexplained mechanical failures – including a large hot water leak and the activation of a fire suppression system – triggered an emergency shut down of Indian Point 3 late Thursday night. It is the seventh unplanned shut down between the twin Indian Point reactors in the past two years. The latest mishap comes just one week after failures in the steam generation system forced the shut down of the companion nuclea
    NRC Probes Indian Points’ Troubled Steam Generators
    Roger Witherspoon
    • Sep 7, 2010
    • 3 min

    NRC Probes Indian Points’ Troubled Steam Generators

    By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article Federal officials are investigating Entergy Nuclear Corps’ management of its massive steam generators following the latest in a series of mechanical failures which forced six plant shut downs in the last two years. Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspectors are specifically examining the cause of the Sept. 3 malfunction in a steam generator serving the reactor in Indian Point 2, which triggered an automatic “trip” or shut down.
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