by Victoria B.
The 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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