Nuclear power plant operator does poorly on NRC drill – complains to NRC, wants grade revised upwards. There are a number of interesting issues here. For the moment, we’ll focus on one:
Matthew Wald of the Times reports that David Lochbaum, of the Union of Concerned Scientists
, points out that since the reactor has a water sensor nine inches off the floor, a leak of 150 gallons per minute would take 90 minutes to be detected by the sensor.
Lochbaum has been with UCS since 1996 – but spent 17 years working in nuclear power plants.