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Another USA nuclear power plant of dubious safety

Waterford 3 nuclear plant in St. Charles Parish faces extra safety oversight By Littice Bacon-Blood, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune The Waterford 3 nuclear power plant in St. Charles Parish will receive additional oversight from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission because it failed to ensure that an exhaust fan designed to cool diesel generators in an emergency would work. The NRC on Monday issued what it called a “white” finding, meaning the infraction ranks as a low to moderate safety risk.

The NRC evaluates regulatory performance at commercial nuclear power plants with a color-coded process that classifies findings as green, white, yellow or red, in order of increasing safety significance. While the Entergy plant, located inKillona, has taken corrective action, the finding still will result in increased inspections and regulatory oversight, the NRC reports.

Read the NRC Waterford 3 report……..

http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2014/04/waterford_3_nuclear_plant_in_s.html

April 2, 2014 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general