Emergency Declared At US Nuclear Plant In Illinois 4/18/13; TMI Conducts Emergency Drill

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Published on 18 Apr 2013
Emergency declared at U.S. nuclear plant after lightning strike — “Venting of Unit 1 primary containment” — ‘Normal’ radiation levels reported — NRC mobilizes response center
http://enenews.com/emergency-declared…
Exelon Generation’s La Salle County Generating Station declared an Unusual Event at 3:11 p.m. today, after both units automatically shut down when power from the switchyard into the site was interrupted during a severe thunderstorm. [...] Technical experts are working to restore power to the switchyard. [...] LaSalle Generating Station is located about 75 miles southwest of Chicago [...]
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-col…
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pa…
Three Mile Island: Public can hear safety-related report on Friday
Print By David Wenner | dwenner@pennlive.com
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on April 18, 2013 at 10:37 AM, updated April 18, 2013 at 11:30 AM
This year’s version of the drill, which is held every two years, included the scenario of a terrorist attack on Three Mile Island, located near Middletown. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently began requiring all U.S. Nuclear plants to plan for such attack. TMI is the first one to be formally drilled.
Friday’s meeting at the Hilton Garden Inn at 3943 TecPort Drive in Swatara Twp. will cover preliminary results of the drill. The final assessment will be contained in reports that will become public over several months.
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/inde…
GAO REPORT FINDS NRC DOES NOT UNDERSTAND,NOR DO ITS REGS
ADEQUATELY CONSIDER, “SHADOW EVACUATION” PHENOMENON AT
NUCLEAR REACTOR SITES
But report misses another key issue: Americans will want to be protected from radiationinduced cancer and disease, not just acute effects
The U.S. Government Accountability Office today released a report finding that the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission does not adequately understand the “shadow evacuation” phenomenon
at nuclear reactors, and that its emergency planning regulations do not adequately account for the
strong likelihood that far more people would evacuate, from much further distances than NRC
plans, in a real nuclear emergency
http://www.nirs.org/reactorwatch/emer…
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0268; FRL-9707-2]
Updates to Protective Action Guides Manual: Protective Action Guides (PAGs) and
Planning Guidance for Radiological Incidents
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
http://cryptome.org/2013/04/epa-13-04…
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