Lax Nuclear Oversight Will Cost US Someday: Critics

When corrosion thinned the pipes that circulate cooling water in Exelon Corporation’s nuclear reactors outside Chicago, the company had a simple solution—it kept lowering the minimum thickness it considered safe. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission did not notice for eight years, and when it did discover the safety violation—after…

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Lax Nuclear Oversight Will Cost US Someday: Critics

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