N.U. has harassed and fired many whistleblowers over the years. The one and three hour fire barriers give the operators of the plant time to shut the reactor down in case of a major fire at an atomic facility. He said that the shelf life of foam had expired and recently the actual fire retardant nature of the material has been called into question by an outside laboratory. The NRC and N.U. try to discredit this individual's concerns and denied the credibility of his allegations that he has raised since the late 1980's. Don says that in the future the NRC will regulate atomic plants even less.
Public participation is the answer.
If all of this makes you nervous, you are not the only one. Clearly it is time for public participation and involvement on this issue. Already a fishing organization, Fish Unlimited, has challenged the opening of the Millstone 2 nuclear power plant in state court because the plant kills young fish by sucking them into the cooling inlet pipes at the plant. The enormous heat generated by the plant also caused problems with marine life by increasing the temperatures of the water around the plant. Lastly, the emissions of dangerous chemicals by the Millstone plants has been discussed and discovered during this recent trial.