Something Stinks (Radiation Cover Up?) First Responders Deployed

[trainedobserver]

Ann Arbor Sun, September 6, 1974

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[trainedobserver]

The NRC says Palisades Nuclear could be safer, but its safe to operate

SOUTH HAVEN (WKZO) -- Despite dubbing it one of the four worst nuclear plants in the country, N.R.C. officials continue to say the Palisades nuclear power plant is safe. Following a tour of the facility, Nuclear Regulatory Commission chairman Greg Jaczko was asked Friday if there are any plans to close the plant. He says it’s not that bad.​

Jaczko said the culture inside Palisades needs to be changed, and added that sort of thing takes time.​

The NRC has ordered additional inspections at the plant, the first to be conducted next month.It follows a year of multiple reactor shut-downs, some due to human, others due to mechanical failures.​

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The comment that the culture inside Palisades needing to change with some expectation that it will change in the future seems ironic considering the culture that has apparently been in place at least since 1974 if the last paragraph in the article above this post is to be believed.

 

[stonehart]

Kim, I really don't care if you are satisfied or not. I do not care about your questions or concerns. And the question I was referring to wasn't about nuclear power plants but of course you know this. I think I will just "ignore" you and I encourage you to do the same to me. I have no interest in your opinions or point of view.

lol kim you just got .....

 

[stonehart]

I get the feeling Trained that there is a very really history of cover ups and false information/misdirection of the public when it comes to the actual reality of the safety of these plants.

 

[trainedobserver]

I get the feeling Trained that there is a very really history of cover ups and false information/misdirection of the public when it comes to the actual reality of the safety of these plants.

It seems pretty obvious doesn't it? The fact that Jaczko would make such a comment in light of Palisades history suggests to me that this culture has existed there at least since 1974. Anyone who has worked for a large company or a site where safety is a major concern, such as a manufacturing environment, knows what it means when someone says there is a problem with the culture. It seems obvious to me there is an endemic and systemic problem with the culture of the nuclear power industry in general when someone like Jaczko can make such a comment with a straight face.

 

[stonehart]

It seems pretty obvious doesn't it? The fact that Jaczko would make such a comment in light of Palisades history suggests to me that this culture has existed there at least since 1974. Anyone who has worked for a large company or a site where safety is a major concern, such as a manufacturing environment, knows what it means when someone says there is a problem with the culture. It seems obvious to me there is an endemic and systemic problem with the culture of the nuclear power industry in general when someone like Jaczko can make such a comment with a straight face.

Oh yeas I know just what that means when someone says just that... and when applied to the Nuclear industry it is enough to give me nightmares.

 

[mike]

Commissioner George Apostolakis said one of the lessons of Fukushima is "humility."

Oh the irony............

"If there's an overall lesson we can learn from this, I think that is you can't ... predict everything that will happen in the future. You can't predict every earthquake, every tsunami, but ... you have to be able to recover from whatever happens," Commissioner William Magwood IV said.

Nuclear commission: U.S. reactors are safe, but ... - CNN

And thats the bottom line, you can make them as safe as you can, but they can never be "beyond safe"

If you cant predict every scenario, then considering the consequences when something goes wrong, we should not be using these things just to generate electricity which can be done safer, cheaper, and cleaner.