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Following six weeks of negotiations, Southern Co. and Plant Farley employees represented by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers announced they have reached a new five-year contract. Details of the agreement were not announced in a joint statement from the union and the utility Monday...

Reports filed with regulators and published Monday showed a number of U.S. nuclear plants dealing with severe weather and other issues into the weekend. These included: St. Lucie: Just after midnight Friday, the Florida Power & Light plant cancelled an unusual event notification that had been...

The Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant has been selected to receive the prestigious 2013 Information Systems on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) World-Class ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) Performance Award. "This award represents an affirmation by our industry peers of the dedication to radiological...

Unit 1 Southern Co.'s Farley nuclear plant in Alabama issued an alert for several hours Saturday when a fire suppression system malfunctioned. According to Southern, the system released carbon dioxide inadvertently during maintenance. At 5:20 a.m., operators declared an alert, the Nuclear Regulatory...

Unit 1 at Plant Farley returned to service early Friday morning after an unplanned shutdown earlier in the week.

Southern Co. and federal regulators have reached an agreement to resolve allegations that an employee helped other workers cheat on exams at the Farley nuclear plant in Alabama.

Westinghouse Electric Company has developed and implemented a passive thermal shutdown seal that protects a nuclear plant's reactor core by preventing loss of reactor coolant system water inventory should an event occur that causes a loss of all reactor coolant pump (RCP) seal cooling. The SHIELD® passive thermal shutdown seal is a fail-safe protection that requires no operator action, power or control logic....

Southern Company, the biggest U.S. utility owner by market value, will invest as much as $17 billion during the next three years to meet energy demands for a recovering economy, as it reported a decline in fourth-quarter profit.

“We inspect and review the performance of the Farley plant and all other commercial nuclear plants throughout the year,” NRC Region II Administrator Luis Reyes said. “This meeting gives us an opportunity to discuss the plant’s safety performance with the company, local officials and citizens interested in the plant.” - Source NRC - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has scheduled a meeting for Tuesday...