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Nuclear Regulatory Commission Increases Oversight Of Vogtle Plant
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is increasing its oversight of the Vogtle nuclear power plant in southeast Georgia after a violation related to the company's failure to use the proper shipping container for radioactive waste.
The Vogtle plant is located about 26 miles southeast of Augusta.
The NRC says employees at the plant loaded radioactive waste into a container approved and tested for waste with lower radiation levels, but not for the material that was actually loaded. The agency says it has low to moderate safety significance.
The NRC Region II administrator says Vogtle continues to be operated safely and there was no additional exposure from the use of the improper container. The additional NRC inspection will provide assurance that it will not happen again.
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