Fission Stories #78: The Bucket List
The owner of a factory in Wilmington, North Carolina that makes fuel for nuclear power reactors notified the NRC by phone on April 23, 2008, and by letter on May 23, 2008, about a safety problem. Workers had taken a 35-quart mop bucket into one of the fuel manufacturing areas for some cleaning. Their action violated the company’s procedures that limited mop buckets to 12 quarts or less. There was no fuel in the area at the time, but the mop bucket size limit was still in place.
The limit wasn’t established by the company to control costs, even though 12-quart mop buckets are cheaper than 35-quart mop buckets.
The limit wasn’t established by the labor union to employ more workers using smaller buckets.
The limit was established to protect against an unplanned and unwanted nuclear chain reaction.
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