Decatur, Alabama
Local population: 34,794 (10-mile radius)
Type:
Boiling Water Reactor
Status:
Operating
Licensed to operate from 08/18/76-07/02/36
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 March 1985 in this case study for our Walking a Nuclear Tightrope report. See details | Download the pdf
09/18/2006 UCS documented the causes and corrective actions for the year-plus reactor outage that began in September 1983 in this case study for our Walking a Nuclear Tightrope report. See details | Download the pdf
11/28/1978Fission Stories #35
describes how workers mistakenly re-connected over 100 instruments used to
monitor the power levels throughout the reactor core, causing the plant’s
computer to think that the top of the core was its bottom and vice versa.
