"Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff recommended Monday that the agency act quickly on recommendations put forward by a federal task force to ensure reactors aren’t vulnerable to major natural disasters."
"A staff report released Monday says the NRC should immediately require nuclear power plant operators to reevaluate the risks posed by earthquakes and floods, taking into account information that came to light in the aftermath of the March disaster at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi plant.
The report takes on new significance in light of a 5.8-magnitude earthquake that was more severe than reactors at a Virginia nuclear power plant were designed to withstand. The incident has reignited concerns about the safety of the U.S. nuclear fleet."
Andrew Restuccia reports for The Hill's E2 Wire September 12, 2011.
SEE ALSO:
"How Dead Is Yucca Mountain?" (Green/NYT)
"'Special Inspectors' Sent to Omaha Nuke Plant" (Missouri News Horizon)
"June Fire at Nuke Plant Probed" (Omaha World Herald)
"Missing: Tons of US-Supplied Nuclear Weapons Material" (Mother Jones)
"NRC Could Fine Entergy for Safety Test Violations at N.Y. Plant" (Brattleboro Reformer)
"Wisconsin Nuclear Power Plants Increase Security Since 9/11" (Green Bay Press Gazette)
"NRC Rejects Quick Restart at Virginia Nuclear Plant" (Reuters)
"Quake-Rattled Nuclear Plant Puts NRC in Unprecedented Spot" (USA TODAY)
"Nuclear Security Teams Keep Their Defenses Up" (Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter)
"9/11 Brought Changes To Nuke Industry" (Athens News-Courier)
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