Monday, October 29, 2012
Exelon and Limerick Generating Station reassure residents that PA plants are ready for Hurricane Sandy.
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Monday, October 29, 2012
Exelon communications manager Dana Melia sent the following press release. Exelon Generation’s three nuclear power stations in Pennsylvania are well prepared for Hurricane Sandy as it moves up the Eastern Seaboard. Operators at Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Limerick Generating Station and Three Mile Island completed a host of pre-storm inspections this weekend and emergency operations centers at the stations are fully staffed to monitor and respond to changing conditions. All Exelon nuclear stations are robust and fortified facilities, capable of withstanding the most severe weather, including hurricanes and floods. Extra precautions have been taken at eachPennsylvania facility, including increased staffing, pre-staging of emergency …
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
An employee at the plant had alcohol in his system during a random urine test.
An operator at the Exelon Limerick Generating Station has had his license revoked after failing a random "fitness-for-duty" test that detected alcohol in his system, according to a release from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The control room operator, identified as Roger T. Devlin, consumed the alcohol off-site but was under the influence of it at work when he was tested on July 14. NRC spokesman Neil Sheehan said in an email that Devlin "was never the sole control room operator on duty; all activities the individual was involved with that day were reviewed and no errors were identified; and action was taken against the individual, including prompt removal from operator duties and Exelon’s request the individual’s NRC control room …
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Saturday, September 1, 2012
The generator was taken offline early Saturday for 'planned inspections,' the company said.
Last updated 3:10 p.m. Saturday Unit 1 at the Limerick Generating Station nuclear plant was shut down early Saturday morning for what facility owner Exelon Generation called "planned inspections of its low-pressure turbine blades." "The inspections will help ensure that Limerick Generating Station continues to operate safely, efficiently, and reliably and can only be performed when the unit is offline." Unit 1 was previously shut down for about a month at the end of last winter while workers replaced about a third of the reactor's fuel and performed numerous "state-of-the-art equipment upgrades, extensive safety inspections and tests, and numerous plant improvements," the company said last March. On April 19, Unit 1 was taken offline again…
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
The public hearing drew both supporters and detractors of nuclear generating plant.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the Delaware River Basin Commission conducted a joint hearing on Tuesday evening at the Sunnybrook Ballroom in Pottstown. In attendance was Carol Collier, executive director for the DRBC; Jenifer Fields, PADEP Program Manager, Water Management; William Muszinsky, Water Resources Management Branch; and Kelly Hefner, DEP Deputy Secretary. This hearing was conducted as an opportunity for members of the public to express their opinion on a water-usage project for Limerick Generating Station that has been in the works for quite a long time. The hearing date was announced in July, but the hearing itself was announced nearly eight years ago. The project involves increasing the amount …
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Saturday, August 11, 2012
Concerns about spent fuel storage lead to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board suspending the plant's license renewal process.
The license renewal proceeding for the nuclear power plant in Limerick was suspended this week over concerns about the growing amount of spent nuclear fuel accumulating at the site. The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission decided on Aug. 8 to suspend the license renewal process for the Exelon-owned plant, formally known as the Limerick Generating Station, as well as for a number of other nuclear plants across the country. Exelon was in the process of requesting a 20-year license extension that would extend the current license for Unit 1 to Oct. 26, 2044 and Unit 2 to June 22, 2049. Following multiple similar motions filed by the Natural Resource Defense Council and other environmental groups, the Atomic …
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Tablets will be distributed by the state Health Department in 14 locations statewide.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health will be handing out potassium iodide tablets at several locations on Thursday, August 9, according to a press release sent out on Monday. Potassium iodide, often referred to by its chemical formula KI, can help protect thyroid tissue from cancer in the event of a radioactive release. Anyone who lives, works, and/or attends school within a ten-mile radius of one of the state's five nuclear plants (including Limerick Generating Station) can obtain four potassium iodide pills per adult in their household. There are smaller doses for children, based on age. Anyone can take potassium iodide as long as they are not allergic to it. The pills are considered an emergency measure and would only be taken if …
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Friday, July 27, 2012
The unplanned shutdown was required to replace a steam valve.
According to a press release from Exelon Limerick Generating Station, the plant's Unit 2 needed an unplanned shutdown, or "scram," around noon for the replacement of a steam valve. "There are 14 steam valves on each unit that protect the main steam line," said communications manager Dana Melia. Melia said that plant operators are constantly monitoring all the parts of the system, and noticed a rise in the steam temperature. "That indicated a potential failure [in the steam valve]," Melia said. These types of repairs can only be done with the unit offline. The valve will be replaced and the system checked before the unit is restarted. The repairs to Unit 2 come less than 48 hours after the company announced that the plant's Unit 1 had …
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Friday, July 13, 2012
The Exelon Corporation had initially requested a 20-year extension for both units of the Limerick facility, but they now find themselves amongst a growing list of nuclear facilities facing legal action.
Following last month's appellate court ruling, which called into question the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's claim that spent fuel-rods could be stored safely up to 60 years after a plant shuts down, The National Resources Defense Council has filed a motion with the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board which seeks to put a halt to the license renewal process for both reactors at the Limerick Generating Station. The Exelon Corporation had initially requested a 20-year extension for both units of the Limerick facility during June of 2011, but they now find themselves amongst a growing list of nuclear facilities facing legal action in the wake of the court's decision. "There are other similar challenges being brought against other plants, for …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a quarterly inspection report for the generating station.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in March completed an inspection at Exelon's Limerick nuclear generating station, which included a review of the plant's activities, procedures, records and an interview of personnel. The inspection examined the plant's activities related to safety and compliance with the NRC's rules, regulations and conditions of the facility's license. The inspection also reviewed the plant's identification of an unattended locked high radiation area on April 14 that prompted NRC officials on April 25 to determine whether a contract radiation protection technician serving as a guard intentionally left the locked area unattended. "Based on testimonial and documentary evidence gathered during the investigation, the …
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
The company today said it added seven mobile, high-volume diesel-driven pumps to its plants including the Limerick Generating Station.
In a news release today, Exelon, which operates the Limerick Generating Station nuclear power plant, said it beefed up emergency preparedness. "Technical experts have verified readiness of more than 1,700 other pieces of equipment; inspected more than 1,900 flood barriers and seals; and invested more than 43,000 worker hours checking and testing equipment and procedures that might be needed in an emergency," the release states. "Those actions represent just a portion of the inspections, upgrades, and other work undertaken by Exelon Nuclear following the Fukushima-Daiichi disaster." The company operates the largest fleet of commercial nuclear facilities in the U.S., which includes 17 reactors at 10 sites. "Within a week of the March 11, …
Heinrich Nusbaum
4:21 pm on Thursday, September 27, 2012
God. Do you realize how many protocols there are to prevent that stuff? Three Mile Island was America's worst nuclear accident and our president walked into the plant with enough confidence. And in reality there were no measurable negative consequences of the event. These are reactors, not bombs. Don't quote Chernobyl at me, that place was Built improperly by prideful soviets who declined … more ›