Is the Nuclear Regulatory Comm. covering up flood concerns at Oconee reactors?

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Whistle blowers are sounding a warning and the NRC won't release the relevant docs.

NRC sued over documents related to Oconee Nuclear
Aug. 30, 2013
Written by Eric Connor

An advocacy group for public employees is suing federal nuclear regulators over documents they say are unlawfully withheld — documents they say would prove the government has been covering up concern over what would happen to Oconee Nuclear Station should the Jocassee Dam ever fail.

The lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility against the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

An NRC spokesman told GreenvilleOnline.com that the agency that regulates the nuclear industry will present its case in court.

The suit alleges that the NRC has improperly cited the Freedom of Information Act to withhold internal communications that show just how concerned NRC engineers have been over Oconee’s plans for fending off floodwaters unleashed in the unlikely event of a dam failure...

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20130830/NEWS/308300066/NRC-sued-over-documents-related-Oconee-Nuclear?gcheck=1&nclick_check=1

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