Nuclear Safety Advocates Accuse Industry And Regulators Of Foot-Dragging On Basic Safety Measure

Huffington Post by Tom Zeller Jr. | Apr. 30, 2012 (News Report)

"It always comes down to public safety versus the cost to industry of implementing something."

So it has been, Lampert argues, with one seemingly straightforward emergency feature: Requiring a filtered vent in the concrete containment buildings surrounding nuclear reactors like the one at Pilgrim. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Apr 30, 2012 - 12:18 PM PDT
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 by Dwight Rousu - Apr. 30, 2012

And I did not see mention here of massive local storage of nuclear waste above ground at each reactor site.

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