During the 2005 U.S. hurricane season, power outages were widespread, calling a great many diesel generators into service. While most started and delivered much needed power to their facilities, many ...

In the U.S., an average of roughly one diesel generator has failed when needed each year since 1997. Government researchers who examined diesel generator failures in the U.S. from 1997 to 2003 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 27—OAK HARBOR, Ohio — The Davis-Besse nuclear power plant will undergo a special inspection by the Nuclear Regulatory ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dec. 15—OAK HARBOR — One of two unresolved violations pertaining to the Davis-Besse nuclear plant's emergency diesel generators ...

Generator breakdowns rarely occur without warning. In most cases, they are the result of gradual wear, overlooked warning signs or neglected upkeep. Yet when a generator fails during a power outage, ...

ATLANTA — Four generators that power emergency systems at nuclear plants have failed when needed since April, an unusual cluster that has attracted the attention of federal inspectors and could prompt ...

Federal inspectors from the Nuclear Regulator Commission are visiting San Onofre this week, looking into the reported failure of an emergency diesel generator during testing in December. Generators ...

This is crunch time at the General Assembly. As a former legislator, lobbyist and later policy director at the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, I know it becomes increasingly ...

ATLANTA— Four generators that power emergency systems at nuclear plants have failed when needed since April, an unusual cluster that has attracted the attention of federal inspectors and could prompt ...