Pilgrim Worker Claims He Was Poisoned by Radiation
A 41-year-old worker assigned to the decommissioning of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station for several months in 2021 claims he was poisoned by radiation and that Holtec Pilgrim, the plant’s owner, misled workers about safety. He has sued the company for injuries caused by “the release of radioactive, hazardous, and toxic substances.”
Generative AI deployment at Diablo Canyon is a first for US nuclear power sector: PG&E
Pacific Gas & Electric is deploying Atomic Canyon’s Neutron Enterprise solution at its 2,256-MW Diablo Canyon nuclear plant in what would be the first-ever on-site use of generative AI at a U.S. nuclear power facility.
Amazon plans to power Eastern Oregon data centers with nuclear reactors
The e-commerce giant announced last week that it is partnering with several energy companies to develop small modular nuclear reactors, or SMRs. That includes an agreement with a consortium of Washington state utilities to develop and build reactors in southeast Washington that would help power data centers across the Columbia River in Umatilla and Morrow counties.
Nuclear waste plant ‘leaking 2,100 litres of contaminated water a day’
A crumbling nuclear waste site in Cumbria is leaking thousands of litres of radioactive water into the ground every day, a report by Whitehall’s spending watchdog has warned. The so-called Magnox Swarf Storage Silo is among the most hazardous buildings at Sellafield, Europe’s largest nuclear site, with work ongoing to transfer its contents into newer, safer facilities.
Japanese atomic bomb survivors win Nobel Peace Prize
Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors, has won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize. Known as hibakusha, the survivors of the 1945 bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been recognised by the Norwegian Nobel Committee for efforts to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
SOS Festival Awards Update
EON is stoked to share the good news that our feature film production SOS - The San Onofre Syndrome has so far been included in five independent film festivals, and won top awards in all of them, and counting….
Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Live in L.A.
Set in the year 2032 and told through the eyes of fictional newspaper journalist Michael Powell of the ‘East Bay Times,’ novelist Roger Gloss’s prescient cautionary tale opens with Powell’s dispatch covering a State-of-the-State speech by Governor Teresa Morales.
Holtec knew of problems with Palisades' steam generator tubes before $1.52B loan finalized
The newly released document, made public by the NRC on Wednesday, is a summary of a Sept. 3 conference call between the federal regulator overseeing the nuclear plant and Holtec, the company that purchased it with hopes of making it the first in nuclear history to be put back into service after decommissioning had begun.