causing a big stir and from social preselector quote time after time officials at the united states nuclear regulatory commission have decided that original regulations were too strict arguing that safety margins could be eased without peril according to records and interviews basically it takes a look back at the history of nuclear power regulation here in the united states and how the government has given license to power plants operating and given them sort of remove them from what would be free market accountability and a lot of people say well you have to have more regulation have to have better regulation and here's here's the problem with this is that it this is the analysis that you won't see in around the mainstream media because they're afraid to get away from the status paradigm of needing government for public safety i mean this came about after world war two when we started seeing the rise of nuclear power in the united states and regulatory industries or regulatory agencies were put in place because somehow the people were convinced nuclear power is such a threat such a dangerous thing you have to

close relationship and i buck between the nuclear regulatory thing can commission and a lot of these power companies and the nuclear energy field in the united states basically what this show this report is a very in-depth report it showed that when you have things like leaky valve clogs up pipes leaking radiation instead of the nuclear regulatory commission say all right we need to figure out a fix this they say you know what. the rules and regulations they were just too conservative for us so let's loose in that make them a little more lax this to me is frightening oh yeah absolutely and public citizen has raised these concerns along with some members of congress like representative ed markey who's on the house energy and commerce committee he's been trying to get more information about the lack of of toughness by the nuclear regulatory commission on the domestic nuclear industry particularly in wait in light of what's happened in japan now in october the nuclear regulatory commission actually cited this nebraska power plant for not having adequate safety and security measures to deal with flooding from the missouri river and they put the nuclear

nuclear regulatory commission to prevent similar instances from happening here. congress took action years ago to begin addressing the problem of buildup of nuclear waste stored throughout the united statesthe nuclear waste policy act designated yucca mountain as the only candidate site for a national repository of nuclear waste. congress has voted a number of times to retain of the mountain as the national repository. $15 billion -- $15 billion has been spent on the project. but this administration has seen fit to walk away from the project. as "the washington post" points out in an article entitled "at yucca mountain -- money down the hall" -- this was yesterday's paper. when barack obama ran for president and sought electoral votes in the swing state of nevada, he bowed to kill yucca mountain. in early 2009, steven chu, obama as energy secretary, announced his department did not feel yucca mountain was a workable option. the department of energy terminated the jobs of several thousand federal workers and contractors while hastily abandoned offices in las vegas and transferring dozens of truckloads of furniture, computers, and other equipment to local schools. the article states the pr

nuclear regulatory commission to prevent similar instances from happening here. congress took action years ago to begin addressing the problem of buildup of nuclear waste stored throughout the united states. the nuclear waste policy act designated yucca mountain as the only candidate site for a national repository of nuclear waste. congress has voted a number of times to retain of the mountain as the national repository. $15 billion has been spent on the project. but this administration has seen fit to walk away from the project. as "the washington post" points out in an article entitled "at yucca mountain -- money down the hall" -- this was yesterday's paper. when barack obama ran for president and sought electoral votes in the swing state of nevada, he bowed to kill yucca mountain. in early 2009, steven chu, obama as energy secretary, announced his department did not feel yucca mountain was a workable option. the department of energy terminated the jobs of several thousand federal workers and contractors while hastily abandoned offices in las vegas and transferring dozens of truckloads of furniture, computers, and other equipment to local schools. the article states the project dates b

nuclear regulatory commission to prevent similar instances from happening here. congress took action years ago to begin addressing the problem of the buildup of nuclear waste stored at nuclear plants in the united states. the nuclear waste policy act designated as the only candidate site for a national repository of nuclear waste. congress has voted a number of times to maintain yucca mountain as the national repository. $15 billion has been spent on the project, but this administration has seen fit to walk away from the project. as "the washington post" points out in an article entitled "at yet the mountain," at yucca mountain, money down the hall. this was in yesterday's paper, money down the hall. -- hole. when barack obama tried to get the swing votes, he vowed to kill yukked. in 2009, the article says, the energy secretary said they did not feel this was a workable option. they terminated the jobs of several thousand federal workers and transferring truckloads of furniture and other things to local schools. the article states that the project dates back three decades. it goes on. it has not solved the problem of nuclear waste but has succeeded in keeping imported large numbers of litigators. is t

united states, 1983. i reminded the n.r.c. at that hearing and do so again today that this lawsuit, entergy v. vermont, is none of their business. and they're getting involved damages to credibility of the nuclear regulatory commission. the n.r.c. opted to relicense vermont yankee based on safety and that is where their concern and authority begins and ends. the main point is this: the n.r.c. does not represent the people of vermont and has no right to tell us what kind of energy future we will have. the people of vermont believe and i agree that our future lies significantly with energy efficiency and sustainable energy. so today i renew my call right here on the floor of the senate for the federal government to stay out of this case. entergy is a $14 billion corporation. they have all kinds of lobbyists. they make all kinds of campaign contributions. they don't need the help of the federal government. i would be happy to yield to the chairman of the environmental committee. mrs. boxer: i am just very pleased that you took to the floor today to speak to the american people about what you're going through in your state, and i'm not as familiar as you about the condition of your nuclear power plant. i won't even go t

united states federal regulators have been working with a nuclear power industry to keep the nation's reactors operating within safety standards by repeatedly weakening standards or failing to enforce them at all. the u.s. nuclear regulatory commission has found that some original regulations were too strict and they argued that safety margins could be eased without peril, their words. and nato says one of its air strikes in the libyan capital of tripoli went astray and may have killed civilians. a spokesman says the strike yesterday may have been due to a weapons systems failure. libyan officials say nine civilians were killed, including two children. a nato commander says it regrets the loss of innocent lives and takes great care in conducting the strikes. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> this weekend, book tv and american history tv look at the history and literary life of savannah georgia, with book tv events on c-span2 including the childhood home of novelist and short story writer, flannery o'connor, a conversation with the sister of jim williams, central character in "midnight in the garden of good and evil," also, a tour of urban slavery sites. and on american history tv on c-span3, travel to the fo