• February 23, 2015
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Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Shut Down Over Condenser Issue

Watts Bar Unit 1 was shutdown over the weekend due to a “loss of vacuum” in the condenser.  The unit will remain offline while TVA employees figure out what caused the loss of a vacuum in the condenser. TVA spokesman Jim Hopson said there was never any danger to the public or plant personnel but […]

• February 16, 2015
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Revision 10 to NUREG 1021, “Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors”

The NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) is issuing Revision 10 to NUREG 1021, “Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors”. This revision will (1) add guidance for licensing of operators for new reactors; (2) add NUREG – 2103, “Knowledge and Abilities Catalog for Nuclear Power Plant Operators: Westinghouse AP1000 Pressurized Water Reactors” and NUREG – 2104, […]

• February 12, 2015
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Startup Company raises $2.5 million in new funding from investors.

Transatomic Power was cofounded by 2 MIT Nuclear Engineering PHD students in 2010 and was later incorporated in 2011 with the mission to transform the nuclear power industry. Their idea is commercializing an innovative molten salt reactor that safely burns nuclear waste to deliver vast amounts of affordable clean energy to meet the world’s needs. […]

• February 3, 2015
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Extreme Weather in the Northeast

Last week’s extreme winter weather dropped more than 2 feet of snow in some parts of the northeast. Exelon reported that seven plants in New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Pennsylvania operated without interruption throughout the storm, producing 10,832 megawatts of electricity per hour, enough to power more than ten million homes and businesses. “In […]

• February 3, 2015
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Job Fair, Seneca, SC

• February 2, 2015
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February Birthdays

Wishing Martha Seagle, Phil Gass, Carolyn Porterfield, L.D. Holland, Erich Koehler and Nazir Shelkh a Happy Birthday!!   May the coming years be filled with happiness, peace and love.