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The 5 Worst Nuclear Reactors
1. Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Oak Harbor,
OH: A Reactor with a Hole in its Head
For years, corrosive acids escaped from the reactor, eating away at its massive
metal cap until only a thin layer of stainless steel remained. The hole was just
the latest serious problem at this plant, which has had more near-misses than
any other.
2. Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Station, San Luis
Obispo, CA: A Nuclear Plant on a Fault Line
Fromworkersignoringbrokensafetyvalves,engineersinstallingcriticalparts
upside down, and the inconvenient fact that there’s a fault line just 2000 feet
away, the Diablo Canyon plant should make the citizens of San Luis Obispo
worried.
3. Indian Point Nuclear Plant: 24 Miles North of
New York City
Containing as much fissile material as 1,000 Hiroshima bombs, straddling
two intersecting fault lines, and located just twenty-four miles from the
biggest city in the country, Indian Point is considered the United States’ most
dangerous reactor.
4. San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station,
Pendleton, CA: Mysterious Leaks
Located between the densely populated cities of Los Angeles and San Diego,
the San Onofre plant surprised inspectors when they discovered “unusual”
corrosion in nearly 1,000 tubes that carry radioactive water through the
plant.
5. Vermont Yankee, Vernon, Vermont: Fires, A
Cooling Tower Collapse, and Radiation Leaks
In 2007, Vermont Yankee experienced a series of maintenance problems that
includedthedramaticcollapseofacoolingtower.Awaterfallofhigh-pressure
water burst from a ruptured coolingpipe and tore a gaping hole in the plant’s
wall. Entergy was able to hide the damage—but only until a concerned
employee leaked a photo of the wreck-age to the press.
