Thursday, February 17, 2011

Vermont Yankee nearly kills employees yesterday

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That is the rumors circulating around...they have employees in that room when the machine is started up and they might be crawling all over ...
Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Sounds like Entergy's QC/QA?

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....Why is Palisades, Cooper, River Bend and Grand Gulf having so many inspection findings...the only one behaving is Vermont Yankee. ...an...
Friday, February 11, 2011

The parable of the noisy main turbine generator bearing

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I used this yesterday to the investigator. So i am out on my rounds and I walk across the turbine deck...where I hear clearly a new noisy ...

NRC Heads should roll: "This will be fun for you."

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Update Feb 13 Why isn’t there a LER on this...and why wasn’t there a analysis of putting a automatic closing mechanism on it or if the door...
Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Part 26 fatigue rules

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Do you know there are more restrictive driving hours for truck drivers than for employees of nuclear power plants... nuke employees can work...

Official Transcript of Proceedings NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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Title: 10 CFR 2.206 Petition Review Board RE Vermont Yankee Thursday, February 3, 2011 CHAIRMAN QUAY: At this point I would like to turn...
Tuesday, February 08, 2011

It is a only a incentive game...

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It is a incentive game, if there could be a means of Entergy to make good profits on having good grade radioactive pipes in the grounds of V...
Saturday, February 05, 2011

A Brewing Scandal

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Updated Fed 07/2011 I like to know why the NRC didn't establish the LLD (670 to 700 picocuries per liter (pCi/L) in this inspection rep...
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New VY well tests positive for tritium

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New VY well tests positive for tritium By BOB AUDETTE / Reformer Staff    Everyone knows I put the bug in state radiological officer Irw...
Thursday, February 03, 2011

NRC "having fun" over Vermont Yankee 2.206

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I requested a NRC OIG investigation concerning these events...both in writing and in a phone call. Nobody was in the NRC OIG home, so I le...
Tuesday, February 01, 2011

Shumlin calls for Vermont Yankee oversight committee

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In his own words: Gov. Peter Shumlin calls for Vermont Yankee Reliability Oversight Committee, citing tritium leaks Governor calls for Ve...
Monday, January 31, 2011

New NRC Blog

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Welcome to the new NRC Blog. We are excited about using this new communications tool and hope it will increase our collaboration and interac...
Sunday, January 30, 2011

2.206 liquid scintillation counter emergency evacuation delay

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I withdrew this 2.206! I could inquire about the hydrogen production and release in a accident, then turning into water, but that be nit ...
Saturday, January 29, 2011

2.206 on VY plant stack...not safety related.

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2.206 on plant stack... not safety related. Requested immediate shutdown of Vermont Yankee because the plant stack is not safety related. ...
Friday, January 28, 2011

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They were supposed to have the RCA inspectors talking who wrote the report in the meeting...they withdrew them at the last minute. Rich, ...
Thursday, January 27, 2011

Washington Snow Storm

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I would be surprised if the NRC could keep their date with me for our teleconference with the DC snow. ....rescheduled for tomorrow at 1pm...

Space disasters still have lessons to teach

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41279886/ns/technology_and_science-space/ The Apollo fire, on Jan. 27, 1967 , was made possible by a decision...
Wednesday, January 26, 2011

RCA

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Jan 28....I sent the 2.206 and within two days VY admitted another leak. ...Buildings in plume being explosive hazard...was the DG threate...
Tuesday, January 25, 2011

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12 noon today...Hmm, called Dr Irwin of the Vermont Department of Health, their Radiological officer. He says they are waiting for VY wate...

NRC Decision on Immediate Action of Vermont Yankee

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From: "Kim, James" To: Michael Mulligan Sent: Tue, January 25, 2011 8:58:14 AM Subject: VY 2.206 Petition on Shut-Down Vermont...