ENSI issues Leibstadt Nuclear Power Plant approval to restart subject to...
(Source: ENSI - Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate) Leibstadt Nuclear Power Plant can restart power operation after an extended annual overhaul. The Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate...
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 ArticlePennsylvania nuclear power plant in 'Hot Shutdown' over valve closure
A southeastern Pennsylvania nuclear power reactor unexpectedly shut down Monday night, and the owner was trying to find out why. Unit 1 at Exelon Corp.'s Limerick Generating Station in Montgomery...
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 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 Assigns New Senior Resident Inspector to Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant...
(Source: NRC - US Nuclear Regulatory Commission) No. I-17-003 February 6, 2017 CONTACT: Diane Screnci, 610-337-5330 Neil Sheehan, 610-337-5331 NRC Assigns New Senior Resident Inspector to Susquehanna...
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 ArticlePPL gets OK for nuclear plant transfer (EAP - Energy Association of...
(Source: EAP - Energy Association of Pennsylvania) The U.S. Department of Justice has finished its review of a proposed spinoff transaction that would mean a change of ownership for the Susquehanna...
View ArticleTuesday with Toomey: Senator talks defense, taxes, health care
U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey on Tuesday opened a window into his hard-won second term, meeting with representatives of protesters who've been targeting him, as well as with Lehigh Valley media. Toomey, R-Pa.,...
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 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 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...
View ArticleA year after KAPS-1 heavy water leak, corrosion spots found: AERB
A year after heavy water leaked from the coolant channel in unit I of the Gujarat-based Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS-1), preliminary investigations have found corrosion spots on the channel’s...
View ArticleTalen Energy posts profit in first quarterly earnings report (EAP - Energy...
(Source: EAP - Energy Association of Pennsylvania) Talen Energy Corp.'s first quarterly earnings as a stand-alone company stood out fairly well, the company CEO reported Tuesday. The Allentown-based...
View ArticleUnit 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...
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