Newport, Michigan
Local population: 104,850 (10-mile radius)
Type:
Boiling Water Reactor
Status:
Operating
Licensed to operate from 07/15/85-03/20/25
Owner:
Detroit Edison Company
Safety Issues:
Elevated Spent Fuel Pool, Groundwater Leaks Reported, Heightened NRC Attention, Year Plus Outages
Related Links & Documents
02/01/2007 UCS explained the reason why operators manually scrammed the reactor after two pumps tripped. Download the pdf
02/2007 UCS chronicled the many missed opportunities spanning two decades that allowed testing of the emergency backup power supplies to use the wrong answer key. See additional info
09/18/2006 UCS documented the factors leading to the year-plus reactor outage that began in December 1993 when the turbine catastrophically failed in this case study for our Walking a Nuclear Tightrope report. See details | Download the pdf
02/24/2006 UCS informed the NRC's Inspector General about the NRC staff's repeated violation of its own regulations and policies in granting enforcement discretion to let the reactor continue operating in a degraded condition caused in large part by the company's failures. Download the pdf
