NRC Emails Reveal Confusion In Aftermath of Fukushima

mdsolar writes "The Washington Post is reporting on the NRC response to the Fukushima disaster. Aspects include an abusive relationship with Steven Chu, a secret database on fuel pool fires that was not shared, and a Washington Two Step on Vermont Yankee. Pretty sordid." The NRC website has a bunch of documents relating to their response and attempts to consult the Japanese government (it might take a few months to work through). On a related note, The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists ran a retrospect on the nuclear situation in 2011.

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Re:News flash: It's what we pay them to do

[rickb928]

"The US NRC is a fee recovery agency, licensees not taxpayer pay"

And licensees pay that from revenues.

That they receive from ratepayers.

That would be taxpayers who are their customers.

Put another way, we pay for it all, dude.