Dive Summary:
- A report from the Union of Concerned Scientists says that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has failed to enforce its own regulations and "tolerating the intolerable."
- The NRC found that 14 out of 104 plants in the country experienced "near misses" - events that could lead to a core meltdown - but the report states there were actually 40 plants who should be on the list.
- The NRC argues that the report proves they are doing a good job by showing how preemptive their methods are to potential dangers.
From the article:
The report blasts the NRC for “tolerating the intolerable” in failing to enforce its own regulations, something it calls “a gamble that places lives a stake.” In 2012, the NRC recorded 14 year “near-misses” at nuclear plants, events that increase the odds of a “core meltdown by at least a factor of 10,” wrote study author David Lochbaum, director of the Cambridge-based environmental group’s Nuclear Safety Project. ...