A security guard at DTE Energy’s Fermi 2 nuclear power plant shot himself in the foot yesterday while putting away his weapon.
In an incident report filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Thursday evening the utility reports:
ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE OF FIREARM
“At approximately 1715 EDT on 10/27/11, a Security Officer
Yesterday, The National Nuclear Security Administration confirmed its plans to replace an aging Los Alamos National Labs facility, which runs across a major fault line, with an estimated $4-6 billion plutonium lab. According to the NNSA notice, the new building “would provide vitally essential technical support capabilities to NNSA’s national More…
An operator of DTE’s Fermi 2 nuclear plant in Monroe has been relieved of duty after testing positive for illegal drugs.
“A licensed operator had a confirmed positive for an illegal drug during a random fitness-for-duty test,” plant officials said in a report to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. More…
The Fukushima disaster has raised new questions about the safety of U.S. nuclear plants and the Office of Management and Budget should look into whether there should be changes to the system of taxpayer-backed loans for nuclear power, U.S. Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) said Friday.
“Wall Street banks are unwilling More…
A French radiation research group is recommending that pregnant and nursing women and small children in Europe limit consumption of fresh milk and cheese and leafy vegetables in order to reduce exposure to radioactive fallout from the ongoing Fukushima nuclear disaster.
A report by the research group More…
Two New Mexico Democrats today introduced a bill that would require uranium mining companies to pay a 12.5-percent royalty on federal lands – a move Sen. Mark Udall of Colorado at least favors studying given the growing interest in uranium mining and nuclear power.
The Uranium Resources Stewardship Act introduced More…
The U.S. Dept. of Transportation gave notice this week that it has begun considering whether to grant the Canadian company Bruce Power permission to move 16 radioactively contaminated steam generators through the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway.
In a notice in the March 30 Federal Register DOT’s Pipeline More…
Until recently, most of the debate over nuclear power in Colorado had to do with whether to mine and mill more uranium to be shipped elsewhere for conversion into fuel rods to power nuclear plants in other states and other countries around the world.
The magnitude-9 earthquake and tsunami that More…
A Dept. of Environmental Quality sampling device in Lansing has detected a small amount of radioactive iodine-131 in the air, a likely result of the Fukushima nuclear emergency in Japan.
State environmental officials say that iodine-131 is a signature radioactive isotope for Japan‘s nuclear power plant emergency and More…
The future of Colorado’s dormant nuclear power industry hinges on two critical issues – water and waste – both of which could prove insurmountable for proponents of new nuclear power plants in the state.
Pueblo attorney Don Banner struck a nerve last week with his proposal for a new clean More…
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