Arkansas Nuclear One plant
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - The mother of a young man who was killed when a 500-ton turbine component fell from a crane at an Entergy nuclear plant can obtain the utility’s internal review of the accident, an Arkansas appeals court ruled earlier this month.
Susan Allen sued Entergy, Siemens Electric and contractor Bigge Power Co. after her 24-year-old son Wade Walters was killed at the Arkansas Nuclear One plant in Russellville in March 2013. Entergy hired Siemens and Bigge to remove a main turbine generator stator and place it on a transport vehicle one story below. A crane collapsed as workers removed a rail that was blocking the movement of the stator and it fell 30 feet, injuring eight workers and killing Walters.