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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Nuclear-Power Industry Survives Sandy's Readiness Test

  Nuclear-Power Industry Survives Sandy's Readiness Test
Businessweek
Hurricane Sandy's wrath shows that U.S. regulators should swiftly implement nuclear-safety rules developed after Japan's Fukushima disaster, a top lawmaker said, as industry officials said the lack of major problems during the storm showed that they ...

Storm-Area Nuclear Reactors Remain Offline

Wall Street Journal -
By RYAN TRACY. Two nuclear reactors in New Jersey and New York that had shut down during superstorm Sandy remained offline Wednesday, but waters receded from one plant that had issued a safety alert. In Southern New Jersey, Public Service ...

US nuclear plant exits 'alert' after storm waters recede

Business Recorder (blog) -
WASHINGTON: A US nuclear plant exited "alert" status Wednesday after the storm surge from Hurricane Sandy receded, ending the flood threat at New Jersey's Oyster Creek plant, though it remained offline. Three other reactors were still shut down in the ...

Report: 6 Million Without Power Due to Sandy, 3 Nuclear Power Plants Disabled

U.S. News & World Report -
Power has been restored to nearly 2 million people affected by Hurricane Sandy, but more than 6 million remain powerless across 16 states, according to the latest report by the Department of Energy. Because of the storm, three nuclear power plants have ...

Alert Ends at Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant in NJ

ABC News -
A nuclear power plant in New Jersey is no longer under an alert caused by superstorm Sandy. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said an alert at the Oyster Creek plant in Forked River, N.J., ended early Wednesday. An alert is the second-lowest ...

How The Nukes Fared During Sandy

Forbes -
Hurricane Sandy brought high winds and high waters to 34 nuclear reactors in the eastern U.S., causing three to shut down and one to issue an alert because of high water levels in its intake structure, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

US nuclear power outages post-Sandy are second highest in decade

Reuters -
By Scott DiSavino Oct 31 (Reuters) - U.S. nuclear power outages this week were the highest since the spring of 2011 as the massive storm, Sandy, slowed or shut several reactors in the Northeast. On Tuesday, outages climbed to 32,045 megawatts (MW), the ...

Alert at NJ Oyster Creek reactor ends as water recedes

Reuters Africa -
By Scott DiSavino. Oct 31 (Reuters) - U.S. power company Exelon Corp said Wednesday it ended an alert at the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in New Jersey after high water from Hurricane Sandy returned to normal levels. Oyster Creek, the nation's ...

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