Chernobyl Nuclear Accident Congressional Hearings Transcript

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Finally, I disagree with the Commission's stated conclusion that
because the Davis-Besse and Rancho Seco events had little or no
offsite consequences, they did not pose an undue risk to the
public health and safety. In my view, both events disclosed
examples of past management practices which resulted in a
significant deterioration in equipment condition and reliability,
and in poor operations performance. These management breakdowns
have resulted in extended plant shutdowns at both plants and in
extensive improvement programs which are aimed at correcting the
many consequences of the management failures at these plants. In
my view, the management breakdowns at these plants and the
resulting deterioration in plant safety systems reliability and
operations performance posed an undue risk to the public health
and safety by creating the potential for a much more serious
accident.