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To: Ilaine who wrote (50159)10/8/2002 9:10:57 AM
From: Ish  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
<<But the type of neglect that led to Bhopal was more like entropy. Things decay and you have to keep up with them. If you let down your guard, they break.>>

After a few years the safety inspectors at the Clinton nuke plant quit testing the valves etc. and just signed the sheets monthly that they had been tested. After a series of accidents the feds moved in and found that the tests hadn't been done for 10 years. They shut the plant down for almost a year to get everything back to 100%.
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