Emergency generators at the plant became inoperable after a tsunami topped a seawall at the coastal facility and flooded the emergency equipment that was located in a low-lying area.
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They also tried to find workers capable of reversing the plant's emergency shutdown and restarting the flow of gas, but showed little understanding of how the energy facility functioned, three plant employees who survived the attack said.
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The report also found that a third of emergency workers working in the plant after the disaster are at an increased risk of cancer.
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The plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) said exposure to radiation levels in the No 3 reactor for four-and-a-half hours would exceed the emergency safety limit for power plant workers.
Having enough power for heat and light have become serious concerns in the Tokyo area in the midst of the emergency unfolding at the Fukushima nuclear power plant to the north.
The NRC proposed that plant owners provide reasonable protection for emergency equipment, but did not define how to meet this requirement.
Charles Parish Emergency Operations Center official, said shutting down the plant would have a "domino effect" on local industries.
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The plant has not strengthened electrical cables to withstand fire damage for one to three hours, a regulation established to provide necessary plant security in the event of an emergency.
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Never before has a single operator faced the possibility of multiple reactor meltdowns following after a natural disaster that has made it tough to get emergency equipment even such basics as lights to a plant site.
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Emergency workers have been unable to enter any of the damaged reactor buildings at the plant since then.
The studies did not, and were never intended to, reflect reality or serve as a basis for emergency planning the SNL studies provided a useful measure to compare sites, not to analyze plant-specific accident consequences.
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