The current fleet of operating plants in the US should be phased out because regulators can’t guarantee against an accident causing widespread land contamination.Indeed, NRC whistleblowers say that the risk of a nuclear meltdown is even higher in the U.S. (He also says that half of all American reactors don’t meet the NRC’s fire protection regulations, a third aren’t protected against flooding if an upstream dam fails). nuclear plants aren’t protected against earthquake risks.
The NRC is using obviously-faulty models to pretend that the ancient, crumbling reactors are safe.ĭavid Lochbaum – Director of the Nuclear Safety Project for the Union of Concerned Scientists, who worked as a nuclear engineer for nearly two decades, and has written numerous articles and reports on various aspects of nuclear safety and published two books – says that 27 U.S. Indeed, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is a pro-industry group which is largely funded by the nuclear companies. nuclear reactors after the Fukushima disaster. regulators haven’t implemented any of the emergency measures which their staff urgently recommended in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, and have actually weakened safety standards for U.S. government agencies regulating nuclear plants are protecting us from earthquake danger? The designated builder for every one of the four new nuclear plants that the Obama Administration has approved for billions in federal studies.īut surely the U.S.
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