North Carolina nuclear plants brace to operate during coronavirus pandemic

As reported by Carolina Public Press.

The article quotes Beyond Nuclear:

Kevin Kamps of the organization Beyond Nuclear, a watchdog organization based in Maryland that advocates for abandoning nuclear power, participated in the meeting and told CPP that “most of the content of the call was about waivers from existing regulations.”

“But during a crisis, requirements should be strengthened, not weakened,” he said.

Additional shift hours, Kamps said, will place additional “stress and strain on workers that need to be fully attentive and alert in sensitive jobs.” A better strategy than permitting regulatory relief, he said, would be to proactively power down reactors until the threat of the coronavirus ends.