Fire and manual reactor scram at Fermi 2 Power Plant

County: Monroe
Location: Fermi 2 Power Plant, 6400 N. Dixie Highway, Newport, MI 48166
Category: Fire / Explosion / Hazmat
Watch Tags: Major Road Closure
Severity: medium
Priority: high
Occurred On: 2026-05-18 18:07:00
Published On: 2026-05-18 21:25:00
Status: Current
Occurred Confidence: Official Timestamp
Published Confidence: Exact
First Seen: 2026-05-20 06:07:36
Last Seen: 2026-05-20 06:07:36
Source Records: 1
Match Review: Standard
Source: NRC Event Notification Report for May 20, 2026
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/event/en

Summary

Official NRC event reporting indicates Fermi Unit 2 was manually scrammed after plant personnel responded to a fire below the main generator at the Y-phase isophase ducts. The fire was reported extinguished within minutes and the item is logged because it involved a nuclear-site fire response and reactor protection system actuation.

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Occurred On	Published On	County	Source	Report Run	Update	Report File
2026-05-18 18:07:00	2026-05-18 21:25:00	Monroe	NRC Event Notification Report for May 20, 2026 Open source	2026-05-20 06:07:36 local_import_merge / Detroit	Official NRC event reporting indicates Fermi Unit 2 was manually scrammed after plant personnel responded to a fire below the main generator at the Y-phase isophase ducts. The fire was reported extinguished within minutes and the item is logged because it involved a nuclear-site fire response and reactor protection system actuation.	Intel_052026_0607.txt