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safety gave way to profit at davis-besse
yeah, I know, "nobody died - all is well" ;-).
But we came too close to a major accident for my liking.
norm
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> Operators say <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
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> production before safety
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> Associated Press
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> 8/16/2002 08:50 am
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> Safety took a backseat to production at the Davis-Besse nuclear plant
> the last three years and clues to major equipment problems were
> overlooked, the plant's operators told regulators.
>
> It was the strongest admission yet by FirstEnergy Corp.'s nuclear
> division about mistakes made at the plant where inspectors found the
> most extensive corrosion ever on a U.S. nuclear reactor.
>
> "We gave away the margin of safety," said Steve Loehlein, leader of an
> internal investigation into the damage at the plant.
>
> Among their findings: managers weren't involved in fixing problems and
> rarely went into the reactor building and operators justified
> potential problems to keep the plant running instead of making
> repairs.
>
> Loehlein said there was a "loss of focus."
>
> FirstEnergy nuclear's chief operating officer, Lew Myers, told Nuclear
> Regulatory Commission officials in Chicago on Thursday that they were
> embarrassed by what happened.
>
> The plant near Toledo has been shut down since February, when
> inspectors discovered during routine maintenance that boric acid had
> nearly eaten through a steel cap that covers the reactor vessel.
>
> The shutdown led to a nationwide review of all 69 similar plants, but
> no similar problems were found.
>
> Akron-based FirstEnergy is spending an estimated $55 million to $75
> million to replace the reactor lid.
>
> FirstEnergy wants to reopen the plant at the end of the year, but NRC
> officials made it clear the company will need to make many changes
> before they will allow a restart.
>
> The utility must exceed the NRC's standards to get the plant operating
> again, said Jim Dyer, regional administrator of the NRC's Chicago
> office.
>
> "You need to set your own standards," he said. "It's going to be quite
> a challenging period for both you and us”.
>
> "This cannot happen again."
>
> FirstEnergy already has removed several top managers at the plant,
> including Howard Bergendahl, vice president in charge of Davis-Besse
> and the former plant manager.
>
> The NRC also said that its own inspection efforts were focused on
> problems at other nuclear plants in the Midwest from 1997 to 2000.
>
> "We provided a minimal amount of inspection," Dyer said. "And as a
> result of that, the quality degraded."
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