Title

An investigation by federal Nuclear Regulatory Agency Acting Inspector General L

Authors

Evan Halper

Source

Maine Times

Date

5-16-1996

Pages

8

Abstract

An investigation by federal Nuclear Regulatory Agency Acting Inspector General Leo J. Norton uncovered a series of flaws in the NRC's oversight of the Maine Yankee nuclear power plant in Wiscasset. The NRC discovered in January that Maine Yankee was using a faulty computer code to predict potential small break accidents. The report states that Maine Yankee engineers were aware that the code was faulty, but they failed to contact the NRC. Details.

Subjects

Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company

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