Radioactive Water Spill from Fermi 2
Everything’s back to normal at the Fermi 2 nuclear power plant in southeast Michigan after a spill last week. A drain valve for a filtering system failed and 100,000 gallons of slightly radioactive...
View ArticleMichigan: Testing for radiation since 1958
The state agency charged with monitoring radiation at Michigans three nuclear reactors has so far not recorded any increased radiation coming from Japan. Japans troubled nuclear reactors might be a...
View ArticleDTE plans to operate Fermi 2 nuclear power plant through 2045
DTE Energy plans to submit an application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission that would allow the company to operate the Fermi 2 nuclear power plant through 2045. From the Detroit Free Press :...
View ArticleFermi 2 reactor back up and running after shutdown
The reactor of the Fermi 2 nuclear plant in Monroe County is back up and running after a monthlong shutdown. The Monroe Evening News reports that the plant began generating power at 3:28 a.m. Sunday...
View ArticleFermi 2 nuclear power plant shutdown
DTE Energy's Fermi 2 nuclear power plant was shutdown yesterday morning after workers discovered excess hydrogen in a generator cooling system. From the Detroit News : DTE spokesman Guy Cerullo said...
View ArticleFermi 2 nuclear plant restarts at low power
FRENCHTOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - DTE Energy Company says it has restarted its Fermi 2 nuclear power plant after an eight-week shutdown for repairs to a reactor water pump. The plant began running at...
View ArticleA new nuclear reactor coming to Michigan?
Call it Fermi 2 plus one. DTE Energy wants to build "Fermi 3," an Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) at its Enrico Fermi Nuclear Plant on the shores of Lake Erie near Monroe, Michigan....
View ArticleFeds plan special inspection of Michigan nuke plant
FRENCHTOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Federal officials are planning a special inspection of the Fermi 2 nuclear power plant this year because the Monroe-area facility's reactor was shut down too many...
View ArticleDTE investigating cause of small fire at Fermi nuclear plant this afternoon
Officials at the Fermi 2 nuclear plant near Monroe are investigating the cause of a small fire that happened around 2 p.m. this afternoon. Fermi is already shut down to refuel. That’s normal. Plant...
View ArticleDTE: New Fermi 3 nuclear reactor an option
Alarms are going off. People are checking gauges , trying to determine what's wrong. We’re in a large simulator of a nuclear reactor control room at the DTE Energy Fermi 2 power plant on Lake Erie near...
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