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U.S. Nuclear Reactors

Reactor:
Fermi Unit 2
Location:

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


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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