Palisades flunks yet another safety test

Dave Lochbaum, Nuclear Safety Project Director at Union of Concerned Scientists, has documented that the Palisades nuclear power plant on the Lake Michigan shore in Covert, Michigan, has failed the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's test when it comes to "Severe Accident Management Guidelines" [SAMGs]. Lochbaum reports: "...two U.S. plants – Comanche Peak (TX) and Palisades (MI) – had negative [incorrect or inadequate] answers to seven of the eleven questions. It’s not likely that these plants are really ready to cope with a Fukushima-like challenge. Perhaps they would get by with luck, but not using their SAMGs, assuming they could find them." Lochbaum's report, appeared on June 27th at the UCS "All Things Nuclear" blog.