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Neil Sheehan

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Name: Neil Sheehan

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

FWC releases findings in Bull Bay accident

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission has completed its report on the two-boat accident in Bull Bay on April 12, and the FWC is holding both Jesse Smith and Capt. Steve Ahlers at fault.Smith, of Port Charlotte, was travelling southwest in a gray 18’ ... [Published Boca Beacon - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Neil Sheehan, anemia, Investigation, Vessel, Rehabilitation

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

Limerick nuke plant hearing attracts Japanese...

A majority of speakers spoke scathingly of the NRC, calling the agency”cowardly” and a “lackey of the nuclear industry” and calling the document that was the subject of comment “delusional,” “shameful” and the result of “willful blindness” by the NRC ... [Published Pottsdown Mercury - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Exelon Corporation, Coventry, Chris Conway, Gail Brown

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 2 reports

States to NRC: Better nuclear waste rules needed

MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Attorneys general in Vermont, New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut announced Thursday they are petitioning the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a more thorough environmental review of storage of highly radioactive nuclear waste ... [Published Stamford Advocate - May 24 2013]

Entities: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuclear Waste, Nuclear Fuel, Neil Sheehan

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Exelon Corporation

Oyster Creek To Test Newly-Installed Emergency Sirens Twice Today

Don't be alarmed, pardon the pun.Oyster Creek's new state-of-the-art siren system will sound twice on Thursday for full three-minute tests, a spokesperson for Exelon Generation said.The 42 sirens will be tested at 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. today,and again ... [Published Lacey Patch - May 23 2013]

Entities: emergency, Exelon Corporation, Neil Sheehan, Nuclear Regulatory Commission

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Calvert

Calvert Cliffs nuclear unit restarts

Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in southern Maryland restarted one of its two reactors Thursday after fixing the mechanical problem that caused its shutdown two days earlier, a Constellation spokesman said.Unit 2 reconnected to the regional electric ... [Published Baltimore Sun - May 23 2013]

Entities: Calvert, Nuclear, Reactor

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Voters want Pilgrim nuclear plant closed

The Cape Downwinders have won overwhelming support this spring for the group?s push to shut down the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth.Fourteen towns in Barnstable County, through town meeting or ballot votes, endorsed a citizens advisory question ... [Published Cape Cod Online - May 23 2013]

Entities: Neil Sheehan, Nuclear, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Daniel Wolf

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 3 reports

Calvert Cliffs Unit 2 shut down Tuesday

Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2 was manually shut down Tuesday morning due to a failure of equipment associated with the unit’s steam generator feed pump.At 5:45 a.m. Tuesday, the reactor was prompted to shut down by the trip of a steam generator ... [Published SoMdNews.com - May 21 2013]

Entities: Neil Sheehan, Calvert, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Reactor, Feedwater

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Information Security in WikiLeaks’ Age

By SUDHANSHU RANJANWikiLeaks has created nothing short of tremor by publishing on its website around 25 lakh secret American diplomatic documents. It is an international online organisation which launched its website in 2006 in Iceland and uploads secret ... [Published Navhind Times - May 22 2013]

Entities: WikiLeaks, Information security, Daniel Ellsberg, Database, Julian Assange

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

The Bigger Story Behind the AP Spying Scandal

Attack on the Press You know that the Department of Justice tapped scores of phone lines at the Associated Press. You might have heard that the Attorney General of the United States isn’t sure how often reporters’ records are seized . You might ... [Published Zero Hedge - May 21 2013]

Entities: Whistle-Blower, Edmonds (United States), Daniel Ellsberg

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Radioactive device lost in W.Va. located

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- A device containing radioactive material that was lost in the Martinsburg area earlier this month has been found, the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Thursday.The Charleston GazetteAdvertiserMARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- A device ... [Published Charleston Gazette - May 16 2013]

Entities: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Radioactive Material, Neil Sheehan

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 2 reports

Nuclear power plant systems ?responded as expected?

Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2 in Lusby experienced an automatic shutdown Wednesday night due to high reactor pressure levels, though the incident has been classified as a non-emergency.At 9:47 p.m. Wednesday, unit 2 was automatically shut ... [Published SoMdNews.com - May 09 2013]

Entities: Neil Sheehan, Reactor, Nuclear Power Plant

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 3 reports

TMI to face NRC team inspection for missing flood seals

York, PA - A team of federal inspectors will visit Three Mile Island to ensure that the Dauphin County plant has addressed a violation that involved flood missing.In August, both TMI and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials discovered couplings ... [Published York Daily Record - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Neil Sheehan, Tropical Storm Agnes

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"since we consider both spent fuel pools and dry cask storage to be safe means of storing this material, there is no need to halt plant operations while efforts to move forward with an interim and/or permanent national repository continue" Sheehan said in an email

States to NRC: Better nuclear waste rules needed [Published Stamford Advocate - May 24 2013]

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FWC releases findings in Bull Bay accident [Published Boca Beacon - 4 hours ago]
Limerick nuke plant hearing attracts Japanese... [Published Pottsdown Mercury - 22 hours ago]
States to NRC: Better nuclear waste rules needed [Published Stamford Advocate - May 24 2013]
New York AG: Harder look at nuclear waste stora... [Published Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - May 23 2013]
Oyster Creek To Test Newly-Installed Emergency ... [Published Lacey Patch - May 23 2013]
Calvert Cliffs nuclear unit restarts [Published Baltimore Sun - May 23 2013]
Voters want Pilgrim nuclear plant closed [Published Cape Cod Online - May 23 2013]
Two ?green? violations at Calvert Cliffs [Published SoMdNews.com - May 22 2013]
Information Security in WikiLeaks’ Age [Published Navhind Times - May 22 2013]
Nuclear Event - North-America - USA [Published RSOE EDIS - Emergency and Disaster Information - May 22 2013]
Calvert Cliffs Unit 2 shut down Tuesday [Published SoMdNews.com - May 21 2013]
Second reactor at plant shut down--again [Published Maryland Bay Net - May 21 2013]
Calvert Cliffs reactor shut down [Published Baltimore Sun - May 21 2013]
The Bigger Story Behind the AP Spying Scandal [Published Zero Hedge - May 21 2013]
Hearing on Limerick nuke plants environmental i... [Published Lansdale Reporter - May 19 2013]
Unnamed person discovers missing radioactive gauge [Published Beaver County Times - May 16 2013]
Radioactive device lost in W.Va. located [Published Charleston Gazette - May 16 2013]
NRC, activists spar on Oyster Creek [Published Asbury Park Press - May 16 2013]
NRC still backs Seabrook nuke plant's environme... [Published Portsmouth Herald - May 13 2013]
Harrisburg traffic gridlock and TMI: NRC says p... [Published PennLive.com - May 13 2013]
NY: Move over and slow down for radioactive waste? [Published Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - May 10 2013]
Environmentalists hold 'silent vigil' seeking n... [Published Asbury Park Press - May 10 2013]
Nuclear power plant systems ?responded as expec... [Published SoMdNews.com - May 09 2013]
Shutdown reported at Calvert Cliffs [Published Maryland Bay Net - May 09 2013]
Millstone asks NRC for flexibility to avoid cli... [Published The Connecticut Mirror - May 08 2013]
Nuke plant security checks wouldn't have caught... [Published Beaver County Times - May 08 2013]
Inspection into TMI's missing flood seals expec... [Published York Daily Record - May 08 2013]
Millstone seeks permission to cool with warmer ... [Published TheDay.com - May 07 2013]
NRC, FirstEnergy clamming up on goldfish breach [Published Beaver County Times - May 07 2013]
NRC reports lost radioactive device in Martinsburg [Published Charleston Gazette - May 06 2013]

Blogs

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The Bigger Story Behind the AP Spying Scandal [Published Zero Hedge - May 21 2013] Attack on the Press You know that the Department of Justice tapped scores of phone lines at the Associated Press. You might have heard that the Attorney General of the United States isn’t sure how often reporters’ records are seized . You might ...
US NRC Blog Update: Tracking the Source: Pilgri... [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Apr 29 2013] Tracking the Source: Pilgrim’s Tritium Link Leave a Comment Posted by Moderator on April 29, 2013Neil Sheehan Public Affairs Officer , Region I Itmay not be as daunting as searching for the proverbial needle in ahaystack, but the process of trying ...
Seapt. 11 and Secrecy: How much is too much? [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Apr 09 2013] Sept. 11 and Secrecy: How much is too much? Timesonline.com “The ( Nuclear Regulatory Commission )undertook a top-to-bottom review of security for U.S. nuclear powerplants afterwards, and it led to a series of changes designed to betterprotect these ...
Vermont Yankee's safety record gets NRC approval [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Mar 08 2013] Vermont Yankee's safety record gets NRC approval vtdigger.org This finding comes after former Public Service Department Commissioner Liz Miller sent the NRC a series of letters asking why the NRC was not strengthening its oversight of the plant ...
Goodbye, Petraeus [Published TAPPED - Feb 21 2013] AP Photo/Christopher Berkey Fred Kaplan’s book is newsworthy, but not in the way you might assume. Kaplan’s years of re-search and writing for The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War had evidently come to their end ...