the average age of an operating U.S. reactor is now around 40. None are insured, despite assurances dating to the 1957 Price-Anderson Act that the reactor fleet would get private liability coverage by 1972. the dangers escalate as the plants age. Meaningful estimates of the cost of a catastrophic accident are hard to come by, but after…
Every year, regulators put out what's essentially a report card for Seabrook’s safety record, and while the plant is passing all the important benchmarks, there are some concerns inspectors are watching closely.