Reactors Archives · Page 36 of 42

May 1, 2004

The United States Government Accountability Office reports () on the botched federal oversight of the near-miss accident at Davis-Besse nuclear power station outside Toledo, Ohio. FirstEnergy put electricity production ahead of maintaining safety by ignoring multiple warning signs of severe corrosion of the reactor vessel head in what could have resulted in a nuclear accident far worse than Three Mile Island with as little as 2 months operational margin remaining.

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March 1, 2004

Nuclear Monitor () Special Edition article on the issues of emergency planning following the Three Mile Island accident on March 28, 1979.

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February 12, 2004

Coalition Files Legal Challenge to Entergy’s Proposed New Nuclear Plants.

Press Release

January 24, 2004

NIRS comments to NRC regarding the agency’s proposed criteria for the adoption of illegal and unapproved "manual operator actions" in lieu of operable fire barriers for the protection of remote control room functions to safely shut down the reactor in the event of fire by accident or an act of terrorism.

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October 22, 2003

NIRS presented to NRC Safety Research Conference 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.

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October 1, 2003

GAO Report [] determining that the NRC and nuclear industry are falling behind in their accrual of sufficient funds to decommission and clean up radioactive contamination from nuclear power reactor operation.

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October 1, 2003

Appendix from GAO report [] that lists the nuclear power stations that GAO has identified as falling behind in their accruing sufficient funds to adequately complete future decommissioning and radioactive cleanup operations.

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October 1, 2003

NIRS PowerPoint presentation “Case for Closing Oyster Creek” , Lacey Township, New Jersey.

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September 1, 2003

NIRS comments to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission regarding the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for reactor license extensions or license renewal.

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September 1, 2003

U.S. Government Accountability Office report to Congress () identifying weakness in NRC simulation “Force-On-Force” security exercises at nuclear power station.

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