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Japan is struggling with what to do with the radioactive waste left behind from the Fukushima disaster.  Six years after the tsunami-induced catastrophe, the melted fuel in the reactors continues [...]

The growing proliferation of satellites will, one day, create a proliferation of space junk, and believe it or not this has an impact on utility emergency preparedness.  The good news is that [...]

As I have previously written, power plant hacking – especially on nuclear plants like Oyster Creek – is increasing in frequency and severity.  Oyster Creek is particularly at risk due [...]

I have said it time and time again – it does not matter if you are an electric or gas utility, or even a wastewater treatment plant.  In the utility industry, proper employee training is the key [...]

I recently read an article about missile attack preparedness, and it makes me think that the notion of conducting a missile attack drill isn’t as off-the-wall as it might seem on the surface. [...]

One of the things that keeps me up at night is the reliability of the grid.  There are multiple factors that seem to be leading to the decline of electric grid reliability in the U.S., and this [...]

The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security recently issued a joint report indicating that since May 2017, nuclear power plant hacking has been on the rise.  At this point, the FBI says that [...]

Ham radio operators are critical when it comes to emergency or outage restoration, because they can be online even when every other communication channel is compromised.  For this reason, many [...]

The U.S. natural gas infrastructure seems to be vulnerable to leakage on multiple fronts.  The most recent evidence: A new study suggests that a whopping 20% of active underground natural gas [...]

There are a lot of old nukes dotting the US electricity generation landscape, a situation that is problematic due to the fact that the US nuclear industry is slowly dying.  Tight regulations, [...]