The TEPCO
operators of the stricken
nuclear power plant — a minimal staff of 50 as all non-essential personnel have been evacuated — now face a balance
between venting the steam building up in the reactor (since the main danger for a widespread release of radioactive material is steam bursting the thick steel container holding the reactor) and keeping any radioactive materials inside the power plant itself.
Hindering that process were a lack of regulations as well as «a collusion
between the government, the [
nuclear] regulators and [plant
operator] Tepco and the lack of governance by said parties ``, Kurokawa's panel said in an English - language summary.
Years back, during the congressional hearings over the FPO (full power operation) permit for the Seabrook power plant on the east coast, I found out about a MOA (Memorandum of Agreement)
between the US NRC (
Nuclear Regulatory Commission) and INPO (Institute of Nuclear Power Operations), which is a private corporation that can be hired by nuclear power operators for tasks such as investigating nuclear power plant safety defici
Nuclear Regulatory Commission) and INPO (Institute of
Nuclear Power Operations), which is a private corporation that can be hired by nuclear power operators for tasks such as investigating nuclear power plant safety defici
Nuclear Power Operations), which is a private corporation that can be hired by
nuclear power operators for tasks such as investigating nuclear power plant safety defici
nuclear power
operators for tasks such as investigating
nuclear power plant safety defici
nuclear power plant safety deficiencies.