NRC Chairman Blasts IG Report on Ohio Nuclear Plant
The chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has sharply criticized a report by the NRC's Inspector General that said NRC staffers permitted the Davis-Besse nuclear plant in Ohio to delay inspections largely because of concerns about the financial impact a shutdown would have on the plant's operator.
The IG's report, released Dec. 30, said that NRC staffers permitted the plant operator, FirstENergy Nuclear Operating Co., to delay inspections of Davis-Besse reactor vessel nozzles for about six weeks, in large part because of the staffers' concerns of the financial effects on FirstEnergy.