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Mar112021

Fukushima 10 years later: It still could happen here

An article by Dr. Edwin Lyman of Union of Concerned Scientists, published in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.

Initially, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission had declined to take a closer look at the risks of a core meltdown at Duane Arnold atomic reactor in Iowa, severely damaged by a derecho in August 2020. (Duane Arnold never recovered, but instead announced permanent shutdown.) But an NRC staffer dissented, forcing the agency to take that harder look.