From the Pacific Northwest to Fukushima; the Long, Tragic Trail of Failed General Electric Nuclear Plants
by Paul Koberstein and Robin Klein, Cascadia Times, 3 April 2013 (updated)
Newly found court documents from long ago are raising fresh questions about the safety of nuclear reactors made by General Electric.
The documents reveal that General Electric has known about serious, unresolved safety defects in its nuclear reactors since its first reactor began operating in Eureka, Calif., in 1958. GE’s many efforts since then to fix the defects have cost hundreds of millions of dollars at each plant but have not been entirely successful at addressing them.
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The documents reveal that General Electric has known about serious, unresolved safety defects in its nuclear reactors since its first reactor began operating in Eureka, Calif., in 1958. GE’s many efforts since then to fix the defects have cost hundreds of millions of dollars at each plant but have not been entirely successful at addressing them.