01:42 PM EST on February 2nd, 2012 | 60 comments

Gov’t estimate says radiation released after emergency at Illinois nuke plant was 1 microsievert — 3% of yearly ALARA level set by NRC

05:46 PM EST on February 1st, 2012 | 18 comments

NRC begins special investigation into water pump malfunction at Illinois nuke plant

07:21 PM EST on January 31st, 2012 | 53 comments

Officials admit there was smoke at Illinois nuclear plant — NRC to start special investigation — Diesel generators still supplying power to reactor equipment

06:42 PM EST on January 31st, 2012 | 39 comments

Illinois Emergency Mgmt. Agency testing air around Byron nuke plant — It’s a public duty to verify current radioactivity levels in area, says director

05:23 PM EST on January 31st, 2012 | 18 comments

Nuclear Engineer: Small leaks in pipes carrying reactor water caused radioactivity in steam releases from Illinois nuke plant

03:50 PM EST on January 31st, 2012 | 23 comments

Reaction on Local News: “Everyone is on edge” around Illinois nuke plant — “My niece called and she told me to stay in the house, so that’s what I did” (PHOTOS & VIDEO)

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11:58 AM EST on January 31st, 2012 | 11 comments

AP: Why was smoke seen at Illinois nuke plant, but no fire?

10:36 AM EST on January 31st, 2012 | 30 comments

AP: Officials don’t yet know how much radiation is being released from Illinois nuke plant — NRC inspectors in control room

09:43 AM EST on January 31st, 2012 | 25 comments

Rare quake hits near troubled Illinois nuke plant releasing radioactive steam — “That’s right, she said earthquake” (VIDEO)

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10:01 PM EST on January 30th, 2012 | 70 comments

State of Wisconsin issues statement on nuclear “incident” in Illinois — Currently monitoring conditions after plant lost power and went offline

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07:33 PM EST on January 30th, 2012 | 26 comments

Fireman Eyewitness: “It looked like a lot of smoke coming from containment building” at Byron nuclear plant — Had to be told it was steam — Original call said a building at Byron nuclear plant was filling up with smoke (VIDEO)

06:21 PM EST on January 30th, 2012 | 19 comments

Reporters at Byron Press Conference: A lot of people are calling us about a loud noise — Was a special emergency response team on scene? (VIDEO)

04:10 PM EST on January 30th, 2012 | 26 comments

NRC: “Not a huge concern” at nuke plant outside Chicago — Employees reported seeing smoke coming from transformer after outage, no fire found

02:54 PM EST on January 30th, 2012 | 62 comments

UPDATED: Emergency shutdown at Illinois reactor — Smoke was actually steam containing radioactive material — Workers evacuated — Releases will continue throughout day (PHOTO)

A loss of offsite power led to the shutdown of unit 2 at Byron's Exelon Generating Station Monday morning. Steam from a relief valve can be seen escaping the auxiliary building. (The yellow building with brown roof. The concrete building is the containment building) -- Source: Shaw News
05:57 PM EST on November 18th, 2011 | 67 comments - (Comments are closed)

Air Filter Friday: Radioactivity at 300% of normal background in Los Angeles-area dust — 350 CPM in St. Louis-area Ionic Breeze (VIDEOS)

Air Filter Friday: Radioactivity at 300% of normal background in Los Angeles-area air filter dust — 350 CPM in St. Louis-area Ionic Breeze (VIDEOS)
09:24 AM EST on November 9th, 2011 | 15 comments - (Comments are closed)

Kansas air filters had Iodine-131 above highest levels detected in California by UC Berkeley

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03:57 PM EST on November 8th, 2011 | 45 comments - (Comments are closed)

Gov’t Report: Kansas detected Iodine-131 in grass at over 2,000 pCi/kg — “Attributed to Fukushima” — About 700% higher than highest levels reported by UC Berkeley

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07:44 PM EST on October 13th, 2011 | 27 comments - (Comments are closed)

30 foot long crack found in containment building at Ohio nuclear plant — Reactor was being replaced after cracks found on fuel rod nozzles (VIDEO)

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05:36 PM EST on September 28th, 2011 | 28 comments - (Comments are closed)

Media reports on radiation release from Michigan nuke plant: “Low-level radioactive steam vented from Palisades” outside Grand Rapids — “It gets diluted” says NRC

SOURCE: Dwp49423
02:32 PM EST on September 17th, 2011 | 131 comments - (Comments are closed)

Report: St. Louis rainwater shows radiation dose at 13.3 microsieverts per hour — 130+ times background (VIDEO)

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