Let’s fervently hope that TVA’s nuclear power plant concerns come to be resolved
On top of operator failure, there were at least six equipment failures: “a valve failed, a diesel-driven fire pump failed, the diesel-driven generator for the security station failed, the warning sirens were lost, power to the chemical lab was lost, and an emergency diesel generator keeping cool water flowing to one of three reactors shut down because of voltage fluctuations caused by a fluid leak after a brass fitting broke.”

After the new information emerged, the reaction of a TVA spokesman was that the agency did not use such terms as “flawless” or “perfect,” but instead said “the equipment worked as designed” and “the plant was safely shut down and cooled down.”

Wait a second. If a so many things failed, how could the equipment be working as designed? And why were Unit 1 operators “distracted”? The truth is the failures of both equipment and humans are very troubling.

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- TVA seems to be operating under the assumption that they are infallible. Wrong.