Socialist Action1986Socialist Action No. 141, 23 May 1986USA:
Socialist Action No. 141, 23 May 1986 · p. 9 of the scan · 132 words
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down for safety reasons.
Congress wants to raise it to $8 billion. A More than 20,000 mishaps have occured in US nuclear plants since the Three Mile Island disaster, according to Public Citizen, a monitoring group formed by consumer rights crusader Ralph Nader. More than 1000 of these incidents were considered significant by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the group revealed in a recent report. Six US nuclear plants are currently shut The US nuclear tobby has just launched an appeal to persuade Congress to limit its members accident insurance liability to $2.4 billion.
spokesperson for the group claims that the appeal will prove that 'US technology, engineering operating procedures and commitment to safety is altogether superior to the Russians'. It is not known whether NASA is involved in the lobby.