A report from David Lochbaum from the Union of Concerned Scientists about year-plus outages at nuclear power plants, including an evaluation of the NRC’s performance.
The NRC’s Reactor Safety Study (RSS) was published in 1975, and was used by the Federal government as definitive proof that nuclear reactors were safe to operate. In 1977 the Union of Concerned Scientists published this independent evaluation of the NRC’s study, which challenged the NRC’s position.
Just two years later in 1979 the Three Mile Island nuclear plant melted down and changed history…
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