Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety of U.S. Nuclear Plants

Council do this study? The Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future, which was completing an assessment of options for managing spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste in the United States at the time of the Fukushima Daiichi accident, recommended that the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) conduct an assessment of lessons learned from the accident. The U.S. Congress subsequently directed the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC) to contract with NAS for the study.

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