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Could Zion Nuclear Power Station Be the Next Brown's Ferry?

You learn something new every day. One of my Google Alerts brought me a letter-to-the-editor from David Hollein, who indicated that he was once the "Westinghouse senior engineer assigned for all the Commonwealth Edison Company nuclear reactor sites". His letter, published on June 15, 2008 by...

Posted to Atomic Insights (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-15-2008
Browns Ferry Unit 1 Recovery Dose and Source Term Reduction Initiatives

A 2006 presentation on Browns Ferry Unit 1 Recovery Dose and Source Term Reduction Initiatives

Posted to Plant Reports (FileGallery) by admin on 07-27-2007
President Bush at Browns Ferry

From the Huntsville Times : President Bush, speaking at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant in Athens, said the nation's energy policy "must include" the use of nuclear power and he called for the construction of new nuclear plants across the country. "It's time for our country to start...

Posted to Nuclear Energy Institute (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-21-2007
President Bush to Visit Browns Ferry

From the Decatur Daily : Athens is to experience a first in its history when the nation's president visits Thursday. A White House spokesman confirmed that President Bush will be in Athens at 1:15 p.m. to tour the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant and make remarks. Limestone County archivist Philip Reyer...

Posted to Nuclear Energy Institute (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-19-2007
Re: Bush to visit Browns Ferry on Thursday

This is great news...lets keep up the momentum.. From a White House Staff report President George Bush plans to visit the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant on Thursday, a White House official said today. President Bush will tour the TVA plant in Athens, Ala., Thursday afternoon and make comments about...

Posted to Nuclear Power Plant News (Forum) by Highrad on 06-18-2007
Re: Browns Ferry 1 at 100%

It was a quick fix. They are now back to 100% power. The shutdown was prompted by a faulty fitting on a sensor that led to an incorrect reading and caused a tank to drain. To prevent steam entering the tank, the reactor's turbine tripped, forcing the automatic shutdown, said Terry Johnson, a Browns Ferry...

Posted to Nuclear Power Plant News (Forum) by Highrad on 06-18-2007
Browns Ferry Unit 1 Trips

According to the NRC event record, Tennessee Valley Authority connected Unit 1 to the power grid for the first time in 22 years and after making it to 99-percent power, they had a slight set back.The report TVA filed with the NRC said a turbine malfunction forced TVA to drop power levels to 0 percent...

Posted to Nuclear Power Plant News (Forum) by Highrad on 06-12-2007
Re: Latest Update

It is looking like slow and steady is working... This is from the Knoxville News : http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/business/article/0,1406,KNS_376_5560288,00.html By ANDREW EDER, edera@knews.com May 29, 2007 A safety system at the newly restarted Unit 1 reactor at TVA's Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant has failed...

Posted to Nuclear Power Plant News (Forum) by Highrad on 05-29-2007
Re: Hydraulic leak shuts Browns Ferry Unit 1

Latest Update on why Browns Ferry Unit 1 went down.... (From: http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/1180084568254030.xml&coll=1 ) Spill during tests not radioactive;restart is delayed The Unit 1 nuclear reactor at Browns Ferry, which TVA began operating Tuesday after a long...

Posted to Nuclear Power Plant News (Forum) by Highrad on 05-25-2007
Browns Ferry Unit 1 RESTARTS! after a 22 year outage!

Yes, it is true. Check out the plant power status on the Nuclear Street home page and you will see a 1% next to Browns Ferry Unit 1. Here is the TVA Press release: The Tennessee Valley Authority restarted Unit 1 at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant in North Alabama today, completing one of the most extensive...

Posted to Nuclear Power Plant News (Forum) by Highrad on 05-23-2007

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