U.S. Nuclear Regulators Weaken Safety Rules, Fail To Enforce Them: AP Investigation (interviews, rating)

[sickofnyc]

LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Federal regulators have been working closely with the nuclear power industry to keep the nation's aging reactors operating within safety standards by repeatedly weakening those standards, or simply failing to enforce them, an investigation by The Associated Press has found.

Time after time, officials at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission have decided that original regulations were too strict, arguing that safety margins could be eased without peril, according to records and interviews.

U.S. Nuclear Regulators Weaken Safety Rules, Fail To Enforce Them: AP Investigation

[HappyTexan]

Nice. Lower the bar so that everyone passes

Sounds like our education system.

[Dane_in_LA]

The market will sort it out.

[psulions2007]

Regulations are evil and impede the magical hand of the free market!

[padcrasher]

Brazil here we come.

Elect more right wingers to speed up the process.

[carterstamp]

Originally Posted by sickofnyc

LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Federal regulators have been working closely with the nuclear power industry to keep the nation's aging reactors operating within safety standards by repeatedly weakening those standards, or simply failing to enforce them, an investigation by The Associated Press has found.

Time after time, officials at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission have decided that original regulations were too strict, arguing that safety margins could be eased without peril, according to records and interviews.

U.S. Nuclear Regulators Weaken Safety Rules, Fail To Enforce Them: AP Investigation

Well, THAT's a shocker.

[rhawkins74]

I call BS... The NRC keeps making harder and harder regulations in the plants. When these problems arise, they are addressed immediately and replaced. the plants are constantly replacing safety measures with newer and better equipment.