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Sunday, March 20, 2011

Nuclear power report: 14 'near misses' at US plants due to 'lax oversight' - CSMonitor.com

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission failed to resolve known safety problems, leading to 14 'near-misses' in US nuclear power plants in 2009 and 2010, according to a new report from a nuclear watchdog group.

This 2005 file photo shows two then-active cooling towers at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pa., located on an island in the middle of the Susquehanna River. Exactly 31 years after the partial meltdown at Three Mile Island, on March 28, 2010, the HB Robinson nuclear plant in South Carolina experienced electrical failure that led to a 'near-miss' accident.

Carolyn Kaster / AP

Nuclear power report: 14 'near misses' at US plants due to 'lax oversight' - CSMonitor.com

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