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PORTABLE GENERATORS SOLD AT COSTCO RECALLED DUE TO FIRE DANGER

November 2, 2012 (Washington D.C.) – Portable generators made by Champion Power Equipment have been recalled by the company due to a fire hazard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced today. The generators were sold exclusively at Costco Stores nationwide from December 2011 to July 2012 for about $699.

Fuel can leak from the generator’s carburetor, posing a fire hazard. There have been 11 reports of fuel leaking, including eight reports of generators catching fire and two of property damage. 


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SAN ONOFRE STEAM GENERATOR FAILURE SUBJECTED TO REVIEW BY CITIZENS' OVERSIGHT

Watchdog group questions revelations of thinner tubes, "exploding" leak, and incorrect plugging threshold

August 2, 2012
 (San Diego) -- Citizens' Oversight Projects (COPS) today submitted a set of 87 questions to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission regarding the recent steam-generator failures and the Augmented Inspection Team (AIT) report, released on July 18, as well as the public meeting, conducted on June 18, 2012.

The submission from COPS included a number of stunning revelations, not previously addressed by the NRC or other oversight groups:


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