
Home About the 2012 Blog Contact Nuclear NRC FEMA Caring Less About Nuclear Safety June 25, 2012 7:29 am In the USA , nuclear power regulators have overhauled community emergency planning for the first time in more than three decades , requiring fewer exercises for major accidents and recommending fewer people be evacuated right . away This seems at odds with the recent nuclear disaster in Japan , and the fact that American reactors are getting older and more prone to failure . And suspiciously the changes were made on December 23, when no serious reporting was likely to . occur An AP investigative series in June exposed weaknesses in the U.S . emergency planning program . The stories detailed how many nuclear reactors are now operating beyond their design life under rules that have been