Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 – Request for Additional Information Regarding Request for Changes to Technical Specification Surveillance Requirements to Increase Diesel Generator Minimum Steady State Voltage (TAC Nos. ME9607 and ME9608)

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Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 – Request for Additional Information Regarding Request for Changes to Technical Specification Surveillance Requirements 3.8.1.19 to Increase Diesel Generator E Minimum Steady State Frequency (TAC Nos. ME9609 and ME9610)

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The following announcement should be of special interest to Pennsylvania Geology readers. Almost all Fourth Pennsylvania Geological Survey printed books and maps have been scanned and are now available to download as text-searchable Acrobat files. These files, as well as files for reports originally published on CD–ROMs or online, can be found through the Survey’s “Publications by Series” web page: http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/publications/pgspub/index.htm.

On May 1, the sales of Pennsylvania Geological Survey printed publications (except for Special Publication 1) will cease. Until then, formal publications that are still in print can be ordered through the ShopPAHeritage.com website (https://shoppaheritage.myshopify.com/collections/conservation-and-natural-resources) and the open-file publications not yet available as a download can be ordered from the Survey (http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/publications/pgspub/openfile/index.htm).
 
 
George Love
State Geologist

ENDORSEMENT OF ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE FINAL DRAFT REPORT 1025287, "SEISMIC EVALUATION GUIDANCE"

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Do we wait for the river to die to call it ill
BY JOHN MESSEDER

The Susquehanna River Basin Commission issued a report on the river this week, with a call for more reliable funding of its assigned data collection program.

“The Commission’s goal is to make water resources information and data available to the public and let that data speak for themselves, not to rate or rank conditions,” said SRBC Executive Director Paul Swartz.
The SRBC was established by Congress in 1971 in a compact that included New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland – respectively from the headwaters of the 444-mile watercourse to its ending in the Chesapeake Bay. The commission, based in Harrisburg, is charged with keeping track of the waterway, and determining how much water actually is available for use by consumers along its banks.

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February 2013

Blizzard Nemo Knocks Out Pilgrim; NRC Ignores Activists' Request to Close It Down Before Storm

Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station declared an emergency when it lost offsite power last Friday night, Feb. 8 as the historic winter storm hit Plymouth head-on. Pilgrim went back on line on Sunday morning, but then had to shut down again. It was restored Tuesday night, according to the Cape Cod Times.

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Three Mile Island Nuclear Station Unit 1 - NRC Integrated Inspection Report 05000289/2012005

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Status of PPL’s Rate Requests
Testimony of Eric Epstein
February 11, 2013

On October 15, 2012, Mrs. McConnell stated “1.8% of the District’s budget is devoted to servicing utility bills. On November 5, 2012, I apprised the Board that I have been litigating rate cases at the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (“PUC”) for over 25 years, and can attest to the increased burden on property owners and senior citizens to pay monthly energy bills.

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THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 - REQUEST TO USE A PROVISION OF A LATER ADDENDA OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS CODE FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS (TAC NO. ME9510)

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