Yikes! The Millstone-2 #nuclear reactor in #Connecticut was manually scrammed yesterday after a control element assembly dropped to the bottom of the core. The reactor had been shut down since June 5 because of ... you guessed it ... a misaligned control element assembly.
The title of this article says it all. Ugh. If anyone still needs proof that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has completely lost its independence, here it is:
www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energ...
Chairman Ho K. Nieh, a Republican, began his career at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the 1990s, working as a project engineer.
Breaking news: The Trump administration is planning a government-wide nondisclosure agreement that bars federal workers from sharing a wide array of “confidential government information,” according to a draft notice.
I found this exclusive picture of the Antares Mark-0 microreactor as it went critical yesterday. Nothing like being on the cutting edge of #nuclear technology!
Operators were forced to shut down the Millstone-2 #nuclear reactor in #Connecticut yesterday after they failed to fix a misaligned control element assembly within two hours. The reactor is at zero power today.
I may not be a finance genius, but the fact that X-Energy's stock is now nearly 20 percent below its IPO price can't be a good sign. I wonder if folks know that the company has had to change the fueling strategy for its Long Mott project because it doesn't have sufficient HALEU.
