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March 20, 2013

NRC orders upgrades of vents at 31 reactors

  • The commission said the order will help prevent radioactive particles from escaping after a Japan-style meltdown.
    • By MATTHEW DALY
    Associated Press

    WASHINGTON — U.S. nuclear power plants must upgrade ventilation systems at 31 reactors with designs similar to those that melted down two years ago in Japan, under a Nuclear Regulatory Commission order that stops short of requiring filtered vents, as some safety advocates and NRC's staff had urged.

    The filters are required in Japan and much of Europe, but U.S. utilities say they are unnecessary and expensive.


     
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