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     Here's some Millstone info.
     
     
     Though its IG has cleared the NRC of charges it conspired to cover up 
     decades of unlicensed fuel off-loading practices at the Millstone 1 
     reactor near New London, Conn., the IG did find that weaknesses in the 
     NRC inspection program were key to Millstone's ability to engage in 
     fuel transfer practices for which they were not licensed. 
     
     
     NRC Chairman Shirley Jackson says the commission will move swiftly to 
     address inspection program deficiencies. Jackson has directed NRC 
     staff to explore "whether existing oversight processes need 
     improvement or new processes need to be developed" to produce earlier 
     commission recognition of irregularities such as those that occurred 
     at Millstone. 
     
     
     Gus Potter
     Sandia National Laboratories
     CAPOTTE@sandia.gov