Japan: Is the Government's Nuclear Regulator Up to the Job?
source: http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/03/japan-nuclear-regulatory-commission
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The day before the earthquake and tsunami that sparked Japan's escalating nuclear crisis, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved a 20-year license extension for Entergy's Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant in Vernon, Vermont. The plant uses the same GE Mark 1 reactor design as Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant, which has revived questions about the safety of America's existing nuclear infrastructure—and the efficacy of the nation's top nuclear regulator.
http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/03/japan-nuclear-regulatory-commission
http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/03/japan-nuclear-regulatory-commission
