Seneca, Illinois
Local population: 23,350 (10-mile radius)
Type:
Boiling Water Reactor
Status:
Operating
Licensed to operate from 04/17/82-04/17/22
Owner:
Exelon
Safety Issues:
Elevated Spent Fuel Pool, Groundwater Leaks Reported, Year Plus Outages
Related Links & Documents
09/18/2006 UCS documented the factors leading to the year-plus reactor outage that began in September 1996 in this case study for our Walking a Nuclear Tightrope report. See details | Download the pdf (1.5 kb)
04/12/2006 UCS expressed concerns to NRC Region III that operators intentionally disabled emergency systems during February 2006 event for the wrong reasons, just as operators at Three Mile Island Unit 2 and Chernobyl Unit 4 had done to transform relatively minor events into nuclear disasters. Download the pdf
02/21/2006 UCS explained an event in which the reactor was shut down and a Site Area Emergency declared, for only the third time in U.S. nuclear plant history. Download the pdf
