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Five close shaves at USA nuclear reactor cores

Nuclear safety: Five recent ‘near miss’ incidents at US nuclear power plants, Christian Science Monitor, 18 March 11, Fourteen safety-related events at nuclear power plants required follow-up inspections from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the NRC reported in 2010. These “near-miss” events “raised the risk of damage to the reactor core – and thus to the safety of workers and the public,” concluded a new report, “The NRC and Nuclear Power Plant Safety in 2010,” by the Union of Concerned Scientists. Here are five of these 14 “near miss” examples:……

Nuclear safety: Five recent ‘near miss’ incidents at US nuclear power plants – Diablo Canyon, California – Emergency systems disabled – CSMonitor.com

March 19, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA