NIRS presented to NRC Safety Research Conference October 22, 2003 on a panel discussion of “Material Degradation: Present and Future Directions”  where NIRS revealed that a federal laboratory tests of mock-ups of the severely corroded as found Davis-Besse reactor pressure vessel head burst at less than the reactor’s normal operational pressure.
NIRS PowerPoint presentation “Case for Closing Oyster Creek” October 2003, Lacey Township, New Jersey.
NIRS comments to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission September 2003 regarding the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for reactor license extensions or license renewal.
NIRS speech to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulatory Information Conference April 14, 2003 workshop focuses on material degradation of reactor internal components.
NIRS comments July 2003 to NRC in support of communications that strengthen requirements for inspection of deteriorating steam generator tubes in Pressurized Water Reactors.
NIRS fact sheet July 2003 focuses on the sudden and unexpected discovery of cracking of stainless steel penetration sleeves in the bottom reactor vessel head at South Texas Project nuclear generating station.
NIRS letter June 2003 to NRC Commission Chair Nils Diaz in follow-up to NIRS presentation to NRC Commissioners February 2003 conveying continued concern that the federal nuclear safety agency has not learned the most significant lesson from the near miss accident at Davis-Besse nuclear station (2002) regarding failure to enforce safety guidelines and an agency Order in a gamble to give FirstEnergy more production time.
NIRS letter February 2003 to NRC Commissioner Chair Meserve (soon to resign) in follow-up to NIRS presentation to Commission February 2003 conveying continued concern that the federal nuclear safety agency ducked its own safety guidelines in deference to a utility production agenda narrowly missing a potentially catastrophic nuclear accident in 2002 at Davis-Besse.
NIRS presented February 2003 to the Commissioners of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission its concerns with the near-miss accident of the Davis-Besse nuclear power station and the agency’s abandonment of its safety principles for an industry production agenda.
Office of Inspector General Report on NRC/First Energy deficiences at Davis-Besse, December 30, 2002
NIRS comments November 2002 in response to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Davis Besse Lessons Learned Task Force Final Report outlining how the NRC lack of oversight and enforcement in the near miss accident at Davis-Besse 2002 has significantly undermined public confidence in the federal nuclear safety agency.
NIRS/UCS Report Update, October 2002
NIRS-UCS Report- Davis Besse: NRC Has a Brain, But No Spine. August 2002
Restart of Browns Ferry Unit 1 Reactor in Decatur, Alabama Ignores Safety and Security. NIRS Press Release. May 16, 2002
We Almost Lost Toledo! Davis-Besse Nuclear Plant in Ohio Comes Close To Disaster. NIRS Press release. March 13, 2002
Important background info:
NRC memo # 1, November 29, 2001
NRC memo #2, November 29, 2001 |
