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Cross-posted from https://lemmings.world/post/40448929

The Trump administration has overhauled a set of nuclear safety directives and shared them with the companies it is charged with regulating, without making the new rules available to the public, according to documents obtained exclusively by NPR.

The sweeping changes were made to accelerate development of a new generation of nuclear reactor designs. They occurred over the fall and winter at the Department of Energy, which is currently overseeing a program to build at least three new experimental commercial nuclear reactors by July 4 of this year.

The changes are to departmental orders, which dictate requirements for almost every aspect of the reactors' operations — including safety systems, environmental protections, site security and accident investigations.

NPR obtained copies of over a dozen of the new orders, none of which is publicly available. The orders slash hundreds of pages of requirements for security at the reactors. They also loosen protections for groundwater and the environment and eliminate at least one key safety role. The new orders cut back on requirements for keeping records, and they raise the amount of radiation a worker can be exposed to before an official accident investigation is triggered.

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[-] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 32 points 3 weeks ago

Thise rules were written in blood. Remember this two decades from now when those reactors are online and have a "minor issue".

[-] DrakeAlbrecht@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago

These are people who ask what Obama was doing to prevent 9/11. Never mind that it happened three years before he was even elected to the Senate. They'll blame everyone but themselves.

[-] mufasio@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 weeks ago

Meanwhile China is building more reactors than the rest of the world combined, for a fraction of the cost, and without sacrificing safety standards. We are so cooked, soon to be literally.

[-] extremeboredom@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I am trying to learn more about current events in china, but most of what I can find online seems to be filtered through the usual USA lens. What are some good sources I can try?

[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Honestly? Al Jazeera.

[-] Blade9732@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

MACA- Make America Chernobyl Again

[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Make Fallout Happen Sooner.

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

Yes YES YESSSS!!!!

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago

giving launch codes to putin

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