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  2. Davis–Besse Nuclear Power Station - Wikipedia

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    The most severe occurring in March 2002, when maintenance workers discovered corrosion had eaten a football-sized hole into the reactor vessel head. [4] [5] The NRC kept DavisBesse shut down until March 2004, so that FirstEnergy was able to perform all the necessary maintenance for safe operations. The NRC imposed an over $5 million fine ...

  3. Nuclear reactor accidents in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the U.S., at least 56 nuclear reactor accidents have occurred. [2] The most serious of these U.S. accidents was the Three Mile Island accident in 1979. According to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the DavisBesse Nuclear Power Station has been the source of two of the top five most dangerous nuclear incidents in the United States since ...

  4. Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents - Wikipedia

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    Erosion of the 150-millimetre-thick (5.9 in) carbon steel reactor head at Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant, in Oak Harbor, Ohio, USA, in 2002, caused by a persistent leak of borated water. The Hanford Site, in Benton County, Washington, USA, represents two-thirds of America's high-level radioactive waste by volume.

  5. NRC to review 2023 Davis-Besse operations - AOL

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  6. Top 10 stories: Safety violations at Davis-Besse, COVID-19 ...

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    As 2021 comes to a close, the News Herald is reviewing the Top 10 stories of the year, including violations at Davis-Besse and the COVID-19 vaccines.

  7. Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents - Wikipedia

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    Severe corrosion of reactor vessel head forced 24-month outage of Davis-Besse reactor. 0: 143: 3 April 10, 2003: Paks, Hungary: Collapse of fuel rods at Paks Nuclear Power Plant unit 2 during its corrosion cleaning led to leakage of radioactive gases. It remained inactive for 18 months. 0: 3 August 9, 2004: Fukui Prefecture, Japan

  8. Nuclear safety in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The SL-1, or Stationary Low-Power Reactor Number One, was a United States Army experimental nuclear power reactor which underwent a steam explosion and meltdown on January 3, 1961, killing its three operators. The direct cause was the improper withdrawal of the central control rod, responsible for absorbing neutrons in the reactor core. The ...

  9. Libraries, schools, nursing facility among the levy issues to ...

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    The third levy is a 3.6-mill emergency levy, originally passed in 2018 after the devaluation of Davis-Besse Nuclear Plant, and will cost about $126 per year for a $100,000 home, Widmer said.