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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Nuclear Industry’s Emergency Preparedness Programs Fully and Adequately Test Response Capabilities

Nuclear Industry’s Emergency Preparedness Programs Fully and Adequately Test Response Capabilities

TVAConductsWattsBarEmergencyDrill_2The Associated Press published a misleading article in newspapers across the country last week in which it largely calls into question some of the nuclear energy industry’s emergency preparedness programs. The article suggests that new changes to federal regulations were passed behind closed doors and fail to adequately test evacuation procedures. This mischaracterization in reporting, not a far cry from its faulty four-part series that was critiqued by the Columbia Journalism Review last year, could not be further from the truth as it blatantly disregards the latest scientific evidence on how accident scenarios could potentially unfold at nuclear energy facilities and the rigorous drill cycles conducted annually at the nation’s nuclear plants.

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