In this historic photo from the U.S. space agency, control rods for Plum Brook's Mock-Up Reactor, which entered the core from above, are shown. In the Plum Brook reactor, the control rods entered from ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) reported that a control rod cannot be removed from the reactor of unit 7 of its Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant. The unit shut down automatically when an ...

BUCHANAN, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP)-- One of the Indian Point nuclear power plant's reactors was shut down Saturday after several control rods lost power, the plant owner said, marking the latest in a ...

Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy will replace four control rod blades at its Monticello Nuclear Power Plant next month after a major nuclear industry manufacturer reported a potential “substantial safety ...

People living near the Three Mile Island nuclear plant may have heard a loud release of steam at 1 a.m. Wednesday as the plant was shut down after an electrical issue developed in the reactor. The ...

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BUCHANAN, N.Y.--Officials say one of the Indian Point nuclear power plant’s reactors in suburban New York has been shut down because several control rods lost power. Plant owner Entergy says control ...