construction was begun on unit 2 of the last nuclear power plant built in the us on may 27, 1996.
when was construction begun on unit 2 of the last nuclear power plant built in the us?
may 27, 1996
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there were 35 reportable events at the swiss nuclear plants during 2012. 14 of these concerned the two units of the beznau nuclear power plant; eight were at the gösgen nuclear power plant, five occurred at the leibstadt nuclear power plant, six took place at the mühleberg nuclear power plant and two involved the nuclear facilities of the psi. ensi did not register any reportable events in the swiss national central interim storage facility for radioactive waste (zwilag) at würenlingen, or at the research reactors of the swiss federal institute of technology, lausanne and the university of basel. the reportable events included four reactor scrams: one each at the mühleberg and gösgen nuclear power plants, and two at the beznau plant. ensi classified one event during 2012 at level 1 on the ines scale, which ranges from 0 to 7. this involved a disturbance in unit 2 of the beznau nuclear power plant: the special emergency diesel generator (sedg) failed to start during a periodic function test. the unit was started with compressed air but did not ignite. the plant's specialist staff were summoned to vent the fuel feed line, after which the unit started when another attempt was made. all the other events during the year were below the range of the ines event scale, i.e. they were classified at level 0.
swiss federal nuclear safety inspectorate