Auditors: Nuclear plants not following fire rules »
Posted By mesodude 3 months, 1 week ago in NewsOperators of nuclear power plants have yet to comply with some of the government's fire safety rules three decades after they were issued, a congressional report said Monday. The Government Accountability Office said there were 125 fires reported at 54 power plants since 1995, an average of nearly 10 a year, although none threatened safe emergen
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mesodude3 months, 1 week ago
What?! Our government agencies aren't adhering to safety and quality control measures? I'm shocked to hear this. Simply shocked! This is the number one reason we shouldn't be thinking about plopping down new nuclear power plants any time soon. If we aren't following safety regulations now, why should we trust our government to build more plants? Don't do it--at least until we get people in power who will accept some regulatory responsibility.
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