NRC begins special inspection at Constellation’s Quad Cities plant

June 4, 2025, 3:11PMNuclear News
The Quad Cities nuclear power plant. (Photo: Constellation)

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is conducting a special inspection at Constellation’s Quad Cities nuclear plant to review two events caused by battery issues. Neither event had any impact on public health or plant workers.

Throwback Thursday: The legend of SCRAM

December 5, 2024, 6:34AMNuclear News

Ax man. Scram. Trip. Yes, this is Throwback Thursday, but no—we aren’t revisiting the slang of American countercultures from decades past. We are, however, pondering a term central to a very important day in nuclear history: December 2, 1942—the anniversary of controlled nuclear fission, first achieved with CP-1 at the University of Chicago.