FUKUSHIMA REPORT – Repesentative Markey Rebukes Nuclear Industry

“This report represents a partial summary of regulatory inadequacies, practices and decisions that impair effective nuclear safety oversight, some of which have occurred in the wake of the Japanese

“This report represents a partial summary of regulatory inadequacies, practices and decisions that impair effective nuclear safety oversight, some of which have occurred in the wake of the Japanese meltdown.”

“Flawed assumptions and underestimation of safety risks are currently an inherent part of the NRC.”

“The NRC has all too often acquiesced to industry requests for a weakening of safety standards.’

 “There have never been any requirements in the U.S. for spent fuel pools to include technologies to prevent the same kind of hydrogen explosions that reportedly occurred in Fukushima.”

Lots more of these scthing remarks in the entire document!

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