After two fatal crashes and considerable stalling, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) did, under pressure, finally ground the Boeing 737 Max aircraft. But when the American (General Electric) nuclear power reactors blew up and melted down at Fukushima in Japan, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission never moved to close the then 31 reactors of identical or similar design still operating in the US. Today, 29 of them are still running.
This week on Beyond Nuclear International, we look into why the nuclear power industry gets a free pass on safety risks and dig into just how beholden to the nuclear industry the NRC actually is. One example? The NRC is not above appointing members of the Commission (including former Exelon lobbyist, Annie Caputo, pictured) who have come straight from the nuclear industry itself. Read the article.