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Fukushima Should Have Served as Wake-Up Call for US Nuclear Regulatory Commission via EcoWatch (Reader Supported News)

Posted on 2016/03/15 by norma field

[…] The NRC set up a task force to analyze what happened at Fukushima and assess how to make U.S. reactors safer. In July 2011, the task force offered a dozen recommendations to help safeguard U.S. nuclear plants in the … Continue reading →

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A Fukushima Lesson Unlearned: NRC scraps public rulemaking on weak GE containments via enformable

Posted on 2015/09/04 by norma field

By Paul Gunter The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) typically begins its narrative on the “lessons learned” from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear catastrophe with Japan’s March 11, 2011accident. Not surprisingly, the agency has avoided addressing the most critical lesson … Continue reading →

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Fukushima Report Questions US Nuclear Safety Culture via Science 2.0

Posted on 2014/08/13 by norma field

Nevertheless, an extensive new report written by the Committee on Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. Nuclear Plants devoted an entire chapter to the issue. […] Both industry and government share blame … Continue reading →

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