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

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5. US nuclear disaster plans inadequate, says report on Fukushima crisis

http://www.firstpost.com/world/us-nuclear-disaster-plans-inadequate-says-report-fukushima-crisis-1633919.html

US nuclear disaster plans inadequate, says report on Fukushima crisis
Jul 25, 2014 09:31 IST

Washington: US nuclear plants must better prepare for the risk of natural disasters like earthquakes, tsunamis and floods, said a report on lessons learned from Japan's Fukushima crisis in 2011.

Current approaches to regulating nuclear safety "are clearly inadequate for preventing core-melt accidents and mitigating their consequences," the report said.

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It cited a number of off-site events that could interfere with electrical power to nuclear operations, from terrorism to human error to geomagnetic disturbances caused by solar storms that interrupt the electrical grid.

"There is some new evidence now that some of these events are not as rare as perhaps we thought," said Garrick.