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Delaying with Fire: attachment 4 – “NRC still assessing safety,” Inside NRC, 1989
Delaying with Fire: attachment 5 – Licensee Event Report
Delaying with Fire: attachment 6 – Operator Action Steps
Delaying with Fire: attachment 7 – “NRC ponders rule change,” The New York Times, 2003
The Most Dangerous U.S. N-Plant? NRC’s Dishonest Rating System – A Report by NC WARN
Shearon Harris’ Failed Safety Record Serious problems masked by NRC’s dishonest grading system There is substantial evidence that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has long cooperated with nuclear power plant owners to hide major safety problems from the public. Multiple conditions that are ranked by NRC’s own studies …
Harris Near-Miss Ties for Worst Since Three Mile Island – News Release by NC WARN
Emergency core cooling system was “seriously degraded” for a year, greatly increasing reactor risk in early 1990s. Group demands more openness. DURHAM, NC – A year-long, high risk condition at the Shearon Harris nuclear plant has been uncovered by a nuclear watchdog in Washington after remaining secret for 15 years. …
Leaking N-Plants – Report by Union of Concerned Scientists
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Eric Young – (202) 331-5439 Wednesday, January 25, 2006 Coalition Seeks Government Action to Prevent Further Ground Water Contamination WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 – A coalition of 22 organizations petitioned the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) today in response to seven reports over the past decade, …
Fire Test: “Your plant might not be safe” – NRC to Harris
NRC says “Our concern is that your plant might not be safe” DURHAM, NC – A second round of tests has confirmed that a key safety system at the Harris nuclear plant is not protective against reactor core damage, according to results discussed at a federal meeting last week. A …
7th Investigation Finds More Fire Risks at Harris – News Release by NC WARN
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Group Says Owner Dodging Corrections; Urges Legislators Touring Shearon Harris to Look Beyond New Paint, Guards & Guns DURHAM, NC – A federal report shows scores of additional pumps, valves and electrical cables unprotected against fire at the Shearon Harris nuclear plant – the seventh inspection since …