Nuclear agency blasted for Davis-Besse work
Tuesday, May 18, 2004
John Funk and John Mangels
Plain Dealer Reporters
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's refusal to fix the deep oversight flaws that caused it to miss a rust hole in the Davis-Besse nuclear reactor means there may be major incidents at other plants, congressional investigators say.
In a scathingly critical report to be released today, the General Accounting Office concludes that the NRC in November 2001 miscalculated the risk to the public of letting Davis-Besse continue to run with suspected reactor leaks. The pineapple-sized rust hole was found three months later.
"We do not yet have adequate assurances from NRC that many of the factors that contributed to the incident at Davis-Besse will be fully addressed," the authors of the 18-month probe write.
The GAO is Congress' investigative branch. Three lawmakers sought the review.
Those lawmakers were U.S. Sen. George Voinovich and Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Cleveland and Rep. Steven LaTourette of Concord Township.
Until now, most members of Congress have ignored the Davis-Besse debacle, but the GAO study sets up a potential confrontation Thursday when...(Full Story)
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