Reactors at heart of Japanese nuclear crisis raised concerns as early as 1972, memos show

By Jim Morris and Aaron Mehta

For more than three decades, regulators and industry experts harbored reservations about boiling water reactors. They were seen as vulnerabl

Excerpts from this story referencing "Scott Burnell":

"… aged reactors’ licenses with a rubber stamp.” NRC spokesman Scott Burnell said the decision to extend Vermont Yankee’s life through March 2032 …"

Nuclear miscalculation: Why regulators miss power plant threats from quakes and storms

By Susan Q. Stranahan

Recent spate of ‘unlikely’ events - storms, hurricane and a quake - expose peril of relying on computer models in securing nuclear plants

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"… hurricane either continued to operate safely or shut down safely,” said Scott Burnell of the NRC. “U.S. reactors are designed to withstand severe events and m …"