Decatur, Alabama
Local population: 34,794 (10-mile radius)
Type:
Boiling Water Reactor
Status:
Operating
Licensed to operate from 08/02/74-06/28/34
Owner:
Tennessee Valley Authority
Safety Issues:
Elevated Spent Fuel Pool, Fire Protection Problems, Flooding Hazard, Groundwater Leaks Reported, Heightened NRC Attention, Year Plus Outages
Related Links & Documents
09/18/2006 UCS documented the factors leading to the year-plus reactor outage that began in September 1984 in this case study for our Walking a Nuclear Tightrope report. See details | Download the pdf
09/18/2006 UCS documented causes and corrections for the year-plus reactor outage following the 1975 fire in this case study for our Walking a Nuclear Tightrope report. See details | Download the pdf
03/22/1975Fission Stories #16
explains how a worker using a candle to search for air leaks in the room
directly below the control room started a fire that disabled all of the
emergency core cooling systems for Unit 1 and most of those systems for Unit 2.
