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Nuclear Threats: Are federal regulators retaliating against their own nuclear inspectors?

FW Weekly -- About 9:30 a.m. on June 7 last year, workers at the Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant near Omaha, Neb., raised the alarm.

Some minutes earlier, an electrical fire had sparked in a large fuse box –– the result of poor installation and inadequate cleaning. The fire spread. Soot and smoke knocked out the cooling system for the pool where a radioactive fuel rod was being stored. The safety system was disabled for 90 minutes, causing the pool’s temperature to rise by several degrees.

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The heat has now been turned up on the debate by an anonymous letter, supposedly written by several of the commission’s own inspectors in April, raising questions about the performance of an NRC supervisor in the agency’s Arlington office. The unnamed inspectors accuse the supervisor of downplaying ...

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Submitted Aug 11, 2012 By: Metrolizer

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LetemEatCake Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:5,596 Points:1,203,580 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Aug 14, 2012 12:25:17 AM Ignore LetemEatCake Report Abuse Very interesting article Metrolizer....thanks for posting.
jrs4125 Champion Author Indiana Posts:2,748 Points:589,795 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Aug 13, 2012 7:47:19 AM Ignore jrs4125 Report Abuse Dooooooh
ktbaeohana Champion Author Las Vegas Posts:2,301 Points:421,775 Joined:Mar 2010	Message Posted: Aug 12, 2012 4:48:57 PM Ignore ktbaeohana Report Abuse watch and see.
Metrolizer Champion Author Fort Worth Posts:2,015 Points:2,206,005 Joined:Feb 2005	Message Posted: Aug 12, 2012 11:07:12 AM Ignore Metrolizer Report Abuse OHMS Posted: Aug 12, 2012 1:04:06 AM >>several degrees; oh my << I hope that you read on, OHMS. Even Andrew McLemore, the author of &rlquo;Nuclear Threats” concedes that the Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant incident with which he leads the article did not present an acute danger. The question is, “Are NRC officials power company hacks, or can we trust them to regulate the nuclear power industry?”
northeast2 Champion Author New York Posts:3,849 Points:1,007,200 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Aug 12, 2012 7:50:21 AM Ignore northeast2 Report Abuse “They do have bonuses [for employees] that are based on not making waves,” he said. “So their bonuses are more for delivering a project on time as opposed to raising a safety issue or identifying a problem at a plant.” OK, so the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is run like a corporation. What's wrong with that, says the CEO of BP?
Eugenian Champion Author Oregon Posts:1,847 Points:359,205 Joined:Oct 2009	Message Posted: Aug 12, 2012 4:19:09 AM Ignore Eugenian Report Abuse What could possibly go wrong?
OHMS Champion Author Orange County Posts:13,706 Points:1,689,955 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Aug 12, 2012 2:04:06 AM Ignore OHMS Report Abuse several degrees; oh my
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MikeCapeCoral Champion Author Cape Coral Posts:1,922 Points:417,895 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Aug 12, 2012 1:08:34 AM Ignore MikeCapeCoral Report Abuse Totally agree with the last post. US Nuclear has a great safety record. Most of the workers at US nuclear plants are former US Navy Nuclear trained sailors. Like I was. The USN nuclear program is another one with superb safety standing. We need more nuclear plants and less meddling from interveners. If it doesn't have wings or wheels it does not need fossil fuel.
Amplion Champion Author Oregon Posts:6,756 Points:1,862,360 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Aug 12, 2012 12:12:52 AM Ignore Amplion Report Abuse NUCLEAR IN THE USA HAS A PRISTINE SAFETY RECORD WHEN COMPARED TO NATURAL GAS !!!!
dwh724 Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:1,521 Points:632,225 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Aug 12, 2012 12:07:56 AM Ignore dwh724 Report Abuse Okay
MidNJ Champion Author New Jersey Posts:7,542 Points:1,171,330 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Aug 11, 2012 11:53:06 PM Ignore MidNJ Report Abuse Yes, Metrolizer, the article may be too long, but also, unfortunately because this article was posted on: Aug 11, 2012 at 11:47:35 PM Most will never see it because it was posted before 12:01 AM Aug 12. [Edited by: MidNJ at 8/11/2012 11:55:04 PM EST]
Metrolizer Champion Author Fort Worth Posts:2,015 Points:2,206,005 Joined:Feb 2005	Message Posted: Aug 11, 2012 11:47:35 PM Ignore Metrolizer Report Abuse This article is long, but the priorities of our Nuclear Regulatory Commission personnel could be significant.