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U.S. Nuclear Reactors

Reactor:
Edwin I. Hatch Unit 1
Location:

Baxley, Georgia
Local population: 22,397 (10-mile radius)

Type:

Boiling Water Reactor

Status:

Operating
Licensed to operate from 10/13/74-08/06/34

Owner:

Southern Nuclear Operating Company

Safety Issues:

Elevated Spent Fuel Pool, Groundwater Leaks Reported


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Related Links & Documents

12/02/1986  Fission Stories #42 explains how 141,000 gallons of water drained from the spent fuel pool after a worker mistakenly stopped the flow of air to the inflatable seals around the fuel pool’s gate.

10/21/2008  Fission Stories #24 describes the wrong kind of chain reaction at a nuclear plant – workers accidentally damaged a water supply pipe whose leakage triggered the fire protection deluge system whose water flooded a ventilation system whose leakage shorted out an electrical relay that opened a safety relief valve that prompted the operators to shut down the reactor.