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
Related Links & Documents
12/02/1986Fission 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.
10/21/2008Fission 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.