Pump woes cause shutdown of 1 N.J. nuclear reactor, power cut at another
The shutdown of one of four reactor coolant pumps caused the Salem 2 reactor to automatically trip off-line, an official says. LOWER ALLOWAYS CREEK TWP. -- Pump problems have caused the shutdown of one...
View ArticleESU Announces Fall Semester 2014 Dean’s List (ESU - East Stroudsburg University)
(Source: ESU - East Stroudsburg University) A total of 1,297 students have been named to the Dean's List at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania (ESU) for the Fall 2014 semester of the 2014-2015...
View ArticleSneak peek: Black Diamond model train show open for holidays (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
There really is no way to count the hours that have gone into creating the model railroad exhibit spanning two floors at the Black Diamond Society of Model Engineers. With the Bethlehem group's 2015-16...
View ArticleWhere you can unload old prescription drugs Saturday
National Take-Back Day offers collections set up across the Lehigh Valley for unused, unwanted or expired medicine. Communities throughout the Lehigh Valley and northwestern New Jersey are collecting...
View ArticleNational Penn merger receives regulatory approval, buyer says
The merger between Allentown-based National Penn Bancshares Inc. and BB&T Corp. has received all necessary federal and state regulatory approvals, Winston-Salem, North Carolina-based BB&T said...
View ArticleSee the candidates in contested Northampton, Lehigh county primary races
It's not just about the president in 2016 for Pennsylvania voters. Northampton and Lehigh counties both have contested races for state and federal office in the April 26 primary election, according to...
View ArticleSocial clubs accused of violating Pennsylvania gambling laws
Pennsylvania State Police announced Friday citations against five social clubs, three other bars and a beer distributor in Lehigh and Northampton counties. The agency's Bureau of Liquor Control...
View ArticleSeveral hurt in Allentown accident, residents say (PHOTOS)
Several people were taken by ambulance from a multiple-vehicle crash Tuesday night in Allentown, according to nearby residents. It was reported shortly before 11 p.m. at South Fourth and West...
View ArticleNRC Plans Public Meeting for Sept. 3 on Results of Inspection Conducted at...
(Source: NRC - Nuclear Regulatory Commission) No: I-14-033 August 25, 2014 CONTACT: Diane Screnci, 610-337-5330 Neil Sheehan, 610-337-5331 NRC Plans Public Meeting for Sept. 3 on Results of Inspection...
View ArticleIESI landfill tremors unrelated to gas-to-electricity plant shut down for months
A power plant that generates electricity from the gas arising from decomposing trash at IESI Bethlehem Landfill has been shut down since September, due to an equipment breakdown. But the outage at...
View ArticleNRC to Conduct Open House on June 11th in Berwick, Pa., to Discuss 2014...
(Source: NRC - Nuclear Regulatory Commission) No: I-15-028 June 1, 2015 CONTACT: Diane Screnci, 610-337-5330 E-mail: opa1.resource@nrc.gov Neil Sheehan, 610-337-5331 NRC to Conduct Open House on June...
View ArticleUnit 1 at Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant Shutting Down to Repair Small Water...
(Source: PPL Corporation) 12-13-2014 BERWICK, Pa. , Dec. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Operators at PPL's Susquehanna nuclear power plant disconnected Unit 1 from the regional electric grid Saturday (12/13)...
View ArticleFeds sign off on PPL's Talen spinoff, with conditions (EAP - Energy...
(Source: EAP - Energy Association of Pennsylvania) Federal regulators granted conditional approval Thursday to PPL Corp.'s plan to spin off its power plants and energy-marketing business and combine it...
View ArticleSusquehanna-Roseland power line, a $1.4 billion project, switched on (EAP -...
(Source: EAP - Energy Association of Pennsylvania) The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area is seen in this undated photo looking west from Kittatinny Ridge in New Jersey down the...
View ArticlePower failure triggers emergency shutdown at Pa. nuclear reactor
A power failure at the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station nuclear plant triggered an emergency shutdown early Friday morning. Operators of the Luzerne County nuclear plant,...
View ArticleTalen Energy laying off 131 workers at Pennsylvania sites
BERWICK, Pa. (AP) — Talen Energy plans to cut 53 jobs at a central Pennsylvania nuclear power plant, and dozens of other...
View ArticlePPL Electric customers to see $7.55 monthly hike, under proposed settlement
We are in the midst of game-changing improvements in the quality of service for our customers." PPL Electric Utilities customers would pay more, though not as much as the company had hoped, under a...
View ArticlePPL Electric customers to see $7.55 monthly hike, under proposed settlement...
(Source: EAP - Energy Association of Pennsylvania) PPL Electric Utilities customers would pay more, though not as much as the company had hoped, under a proposed settlement in a rate case before the...
View ArticleUnit 1 at Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant Shutting Down to Repair Small Water...
BERWICK, Pa., Dec. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Operators at PPL's Susquehanna nuclear power plant disconnected Unit 1 from the regional electric grid Saturday (12/13) because of a small water leak inside...
View ArticleUnit 1 at Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant Reconnected to the Power Grid
BERWICK, Pa., Dec. 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Operators at PPL's Susquehanna nuclear power plant reconnected Unit 1 to the regional electric grid Friday (12/19) after repairing a small water leak inside...
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