Fukushima-type disaster inevitable in U.S.?

bananas

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Tue Jul-19-11 07:23 PM
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Fukushima-type disaster inevitable in U.S.?

Source: CBS

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Harris said, "You can see a Fukushima happening here in the U.S."

So it's not a matter of 'if,' it's a matter of -

"When," Harris finished the sentence.

CBS News has obtained a copy of a National Regulatory Commission (NRC) "Post Fukushima" Watts Bar report, dated May 2011. CBS News had two nuclear engineers look at the report. One gave Watts Bar a "D-" and called it "appalling." The other cited what he called more than 40 "disturbing findings" during a 40-hour inspection, including:

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Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/07/19/earlyshow/main20080633.shtml

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JDPriestly

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Tue Jul-19-11 07:32 PM
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1. K&R

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bananas

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Tue Jul-19-11 07:36 PM
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2. Youtube video posted in Video forum

here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x601472

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DeSwiss

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Tue Jul-19-11 07:41 PM
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3. Dupe.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1523347

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bananas

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Tue Jul-19-11 07:44 PM
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4. Thanks, it also belongs in the LBN forum.

Edited on Tue Jul-19-11 07:44 PM by bananas

So not really a "dupe" but more of a cross-post.

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bananas

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Tue Jul-19-11 07:45 PM
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5. Thanks, that link has many additional important stories.

Thanks for linking to that.

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Tue Jul-19-11 08:04 PM
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6. I think it's important to get this single story out there.

The earlier DU thread has numerous stories posted together. (And as usual many thanks to stockholmer for putting up those invaluable multi-story posts.) But I'm glad to see this story from the mainstream/conventional media getting its own thread.

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Psephos

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Tue Jul-19-11 08:29 PM
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7. Zimbabwe / Greece / Ireland / Iceland-type disaster inevitable in U.S.?

Yup.

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