| Exactly. Watts Barr in Tennessee just got a big fine from the NRC for safety violations, after trying to lie about an incident to the NRC and firing a whistleblower who reported safety issues. https://news.yahoo.com/federal-utility-fined-900k-nuclear-21... > In a notice dated Nov. 6, regulators noted a “substantial safety culture issue” at Watts Bar at the time of the incident. They also found that “TVA senior management and staff failed to communicate with candor, clarity, and integrity during several interactions with the NRC during the course of the inspection and investigation.” > The incident wasn't recorded in the plant's logbook and managers later misled NRC investigators about what had happened. The shift manager told investigators he wasn't truthful with them at first because he feared that whatever he said would be relayed back to management. > last year, TVA was ordered to rehire and pay thousands of dollars in back pay and compensation to a whistleblower who raised concerns about nuclear safety. And then there was the nuclear corruption scandal in South Korea:
https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/04/22/136020/how-greed... And let's not forget when a nuclear company literally bribed Ohio politicians with $60M to get a $1Bn+ bailout: https://www.cleveland.com/open/2020/07/fbi-agents-deployed-t... |