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Palisades managers admit problems at nuclear plant, tell regulators how they’re improving Michigan Live By Fritz Klug , September 12, 2012, “…..While the NRC was looking into issues at Palisades, Entergy contracted with an independent firm to survey the plant’s workforce in January. From responses by about 600 employees, the survey found three key takeaways:
There had been a significant loss of confidence in the site’s leadership team, and leadership did not challenge each other to make the right decisions.
Leadership did not value or prioritize processes to improve plant performance or develop “a learning organization.”
Accountability was viewed as punitive.
Management said these problems were widespread across different departments at the plant….  n May, Gregory Jaczko, the NRC chairman at the time, toured Palisades and said Entergy needed to improve on basics of nuclear safety.…..  On Thursday, anti-nuclear activist Kevin Kamps will give a talk in Kalamazoo about what he contends are worsening conditions at the plant…. http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2012/09/palisades_nuclear_power_plant_6.html

September 13, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA