US nuclear

Radioactive leak at U.S. nuclear reactor — Reuters: No evacuations around plant

ENEnews,

17 June, 2013

News-Herald, June 17, 2013: Perry Nuclear Power Plant shut down after coolant leak [...] At about 10:30 p.m. Saturday, a reactor coolant leak was discovered on a recirculation flow control valve vent line, said FirstEnergy Corp. spokeswoman Jennifer Young. [...] Steam appeared to be coming from a “weld location” [...] While the coolant leaking was radioactive, no evacuations were necessary and the public was not in danger, Young said. [...]

Reuters: FirstEnergy says no evacuations at Ohio Perry nuclear reactor [...] U.S. power company FirstEnergy Corp said Monday there were no evacuations at or around the Perry nuclear power plant in Ohio after the company shut the plant to fix a coolant leak that was contained within the plant, company spokeswoman Jennifer Young told Reuters. [...]

Cleveland.com: [...] Maintenance engineers discovered the leak in a small pipe inside of a reinforced concrete cylinder, or dry well, that surrounds the reactor. […]

“Emergency Action”: Lawmaker says nuclear waste is under threat from underground landfill fire near St. Louis

CBS – ST Louis,

17 June, 2013

Work continues to put out the fire at the burning Bridgeton landfill, while new information is expected to be released Monday about the nearby nuclear waste sit.

State Representative Bill Otto of St. Charles has schedule a new conference around 3:30 p.m. at Pattonville High School to brief residents about “new concerns” regarding the landfill. Otto will unveil new information about the radioactive waste dumped at the nearby West Lake Landfill in the 1970s.

The underground fire at the Bridgeton Sanitary Landfill has been smoldering for two-and-a-half years and is slowly creeping toward the nuclear site.

Workers have made progress cutting off the oxygen supply to the fire.

The fire was said to be about 1,000 feet from the nuclear site and a court-approved plan to put out the fire was said to be “making progress.”