Report: Nuclear industry's safety measures are 'inadequate'

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1. NAS Fukushima report: Accidents will happen

http://america.aljazeera.com/blogs/scrutineer/2014/7/24/nas-fukushima-reportaccidentswillhappen.html

NAS Fukushima report: Accidents will happen
by Gregg Levine @GreggJLevine
Jul 24 6:53 PM

If there is one message to take from the National Academy of Sciences report, Lessons Learned From the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving the Safety of U.S. Nuclear Plants, released today, it is that accidents can happen, and it is essential for nuclear plant operators, regulators and public safety responders to all have plans for what to do when one does.

The congressionally mandated report, the result of over two years of work, looked at the responses at Japanese nuclear facilities after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami of 2011, and found the outcomes indicate some obvious actions going forward.

Foremost in both the lengthy report and at the press conference with its authors: Emergency managers, regulators, and most pointedly, nuclear plant operators need to pay better attention to what are called “beyond design basis events” (BDBEs).

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