Donna Deedy
Nuclear Safety
Safety Reviewers Raise Questions About Construction of New Nuclear Fuel Plant
Two scientists say the NRC took construction and licensing shortcuts at a MOX fuel plant being built in South Carolina. The plant, which will convert plutonium from nuclear weapons into fuel for commercial reactors, is the first construction authorized by the NRC since the Three Mile Island accident.
by Donna Deedy, special to ProPublica, with Michael Grabell,