Unit 2 at Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant Begins Scheduled Refueling Outage
BERWICK, Pa., March 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Operators at the Susquehanna nuclear power plant, a wholly owned subsidiary of Talen Energy Corporation, disconnected the Unit 2 reactor from the electrical...
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 reactor at Susquehanna Nuclear Plant shuts down
BERWICK, Pa., Nov. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Unit 1 at the Susquehanna nuclear power plant automatically shut down at approximately 11:32 a.m. this morning (11/12/15) based on the designed activation of...
View ArticleTalen selling Lake Wallenpaupack, 2 other power plants
Allentown-based Talen Energy is selling Lake Wallenpaupack and two other Pennsylvania power plants, the company said. The sales of the lake in the Poconos -- actually a hydroelectric plant -- and two...
View ArticleKakrapar plant leak exposes 'mysterious' chink in armour
By Pallava Bagla NEW DELHI: The nuclear leak at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) continues unabated more than a week later at the indigenously made 220-megawatt nuclear reactor in southern...
View ArticleSusquehanna Unit 1 Reconnected to Power Grid
BERWICK, Pa., Nov. 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Operators at the Susquehanna nuclear power plant reconnected Unit 1 to the regional power grid Thursday night (11/19). The Unit 1 reactor shut down...
View ArticleTalen Energy drops plans for new Pennsylvania nuke plant
BERWICK, Pa. (AP) — Talen Energy has dropped plans to build another nuclear power plant next to one it already owns in northeastern Pennsylvania....
View ArticlePPL Request for Transfer of Susquehanna Nuclear Plant Licenses Approved by...
ALLENTOWN, Pa., April 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Friday (4/10) approved PPL Susquehanna's request for indirect transfer of control of the operating licenses for...
View ArticleNRC denies request for hearing on PPL transfer (EAP - Energy Association of...
(Source: EAP - Energy Association of Pennsylvania) Federal regulators have denied a request from a PPL Corp. retiree to hold a hearing on the licenses transfer for the Susquehanna nuclear power plant....
View ArticleSuperfund sites profiled in Lehigh Valley, northwestern New Jersey
Superfund, the United States' program for cleaning up the nation's worst polluted properties, turns 35 years old this year. Of 1,322 sites on the program's National Priorities List, New Jersey is home...
View ArticleBB&T closing two branches, cutting 87 jobs in Lehigh Valley
BB&T Corp. says it is closing and consolidating two Lehigh Valley branches as part of its acquisition of National Penn Bancshares Inc. The company also announced Tuesday 241 job losses, including...
View Article13 Lehigh Valley businesses cited for liquor law violations, police say
Pennsylvania State Police on Monday announced citations against liquor-license holders in Lehigh and Northampton counties. The agency's Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement said it cited: SRAC Casual...
View ArticlePennsylvania teen was killed, mother is jailed, report says
Remains found in northeastern Pennsylvania were confirmed as that of a Montgomery County teenage girl missing since July, reports say following a news conference Thursday on the case. Grace Packer, 14,...
View ArticleRoute 33 bridges over Route 22 set for rapid replacement
An ambitious effort to replace 558 aging bridges in three years across Pennsylvania is coming to Northampton County. The public-private Rapid Bridge Replacement Project is taking aim at both the...
View ArticleManhunt continues in Pennsylvania police officer assault
Pennsylvania State Police at Frackville said Thursday night there was no update in the search for a man accused of assaulting a police officer Wednesday evening in Schuylkill County. RELATED:...
View ArticlePPL Request for Transfer of Susquehanna Nuclear Plant Licenses Approved by...
ALLENTOWN, Pa., April 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Friday (4/10) approved PPL Susquehanna's request for indirect transfer of control of the operating licenses for...
View ArticlePump 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...
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