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which were never recovered, even though <strong>the</strong> reactor has been permitted<br />

to keep operating.<br />

VY's steam dryer is not <strong>the</strong> only age-degraded system, structure, or<br />

component at <strong>the</strong> 41-year-old Fukushima Daiichi twin (a General Electric<br />

Mark I Boiling Water Reactor). Its condensor is also on its last legs,<br />

begging for replacement. Entergy seems in no hurry to pay <strong>the</strong> tens <strong>of</strong><br />

millions <strong>of</strong> dollars for that repair, ei<strong>the</strong>r -- and NRC is not requiring it <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong>m.<br />

The Bathtub Curve for Nuclear Accidents (above left) shows that<br />

age-degradation significantly increases "break down phase" reactor risks.<br />

NRC rubberstamped "power uprates" exacerbate those risks even worse.<br />

PFS pulls <strong>the</strong> plug on parking lot dump<br />

targeted at Skull Valley Goshutes in Utah<br />

Skull Valley Goshute Margene Bullcreek has led <strong>the</strong> fight against <strong>the</strong> dump targeted at<br />

her community. Photo by Gabriela Bulisova.<br />

As reported by <strong>the</strong> Salt Lake Tribune, <strong>the</strong> Private Fuel Storage (PFS)<br />

Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) has given up on its plans to turn <strong>the</strong><br />

tiny Skull Valley Goshutes Inidan Reservation in Utah into a parking lot<br />

dump (or "centralized interim storage facility") for commercial high-level<br />

radioactive waste. At one time, PFS was comprised <strong>of</strong> more than a dozen

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