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In a prime example of bad timing, there was an "unusual event" at the Seabrook Station nuclear power plant today. Smoke was discovered in an elevator transformer in a plant support building and Seabrook firefighters powered it down to stop the smoke. The fire started at around 11:45 a.m. and lasted about an hour. Nobody was injured. more ›

A worker at an MIT nuclear reactor facility has been exposed to "higher-than-normal" levels of radiation. Between July 1 and September 30, the worker had been exposed to 80 percent of the total radiation a person should ever encounter in a year. We presume that the worker has been moved to an other department. MIT swiftly issued a "don't panic" statement, saying that the worker is okay. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is inspecting the facility... more ›