Millstone nuclear power plant

The nuclear engineering experience is not perfect, of course, but real strides have been made since the TMI wakeup call, which luckily occurred without major human losses. To their credit, an improvement and learning effort was initiated and has continued. High-profile incidents like TMI are rare, but smaller scale self-analyses and problem-solving efforts follow detection of small defects, near misses, and precursors and negative trends. Occasionally the NRC has stepped in and required changes. For example, in 1996 the NRC ordered the Millstone nuclear power plant in Connecticut to remain closed until management could demonstrate a safety conscious work environment after identified problems were allowed to continue without remedial action [34]. 

Unhealthy work atmospheres with respect to safety and communication are not limited to NASA. Carroll documents a similarly dysfunctional safety culture at the Millstone nuclear power plant [33]. An NRC review in 1996 concluded the safety culture at the plant was dangerously flawed it did not tolerate dissenting views and stifled questioning attitudes among employees. 

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Analysis of the Millstone Point 1 Nuclear Power Plant Assessment. Oconee-3 PRA A Probabilistic Risk 4.8-6... 

No new nuclear plants have been built in the United States since 1978. In early 1998, Commonwealth Edison announced it would shut down its two Zion units and Millstone One in Connecticut was retired last year. Utilities have shut down operating plants, and more plants are likely to be closed as the electricity system in the US. deregulates. The Energy Information Administration notes that, if no new plants are built, nuclear power in the U S. is likely to drop by over 40% in the next 20 years. 

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