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...company announced a reorganization of its nuclear division in which DeBarba and Miller were both promoted. Miller, who told TIME that "complacency" was to blame for the utility's troubles, was put in charge of safety at Northeast's five nuclear plants. On Jan. 29, the NRC, citing chronic safety concerns, employee harassment "and historic emphasis on cost savings vs. performance," enshrined all three Millstone plants in the agency's hall of shame: the high-scrutiny "watch list" of troublesome reactors. Northeast announced that Millstone would stay down at least through June, at a cost of $75 million. And Standard...
...blow it by" the regulators. An NRC study says the number of safety and harassment allegations filed by workers at Northeast is three times the industry average. A disturbing internal Millstone report, presented to ceo Fox in 1991 and obtained by TIME, warns of a "cultural problem" typified by chronic failure to follow procedures, hardware problems that were not resolved or were forgotten, and a management tolerant of "willful [regulatory] noncompliance without justification." The report, written by director of engineering Mario Bonaca, changed nothing. "We've been working at this," says Fox, "but making fundamental change in a complex, technical...
...race shifts to the south, each candidate hopes to use a strong showing in South Carolina as a springboard to primaries in Georgia on March 5 and Florida on March 12. Dole spent much of Thursday's debate defending himself from charges by the others that he was a chronic tax raiser. Even as Alexander began to defend himself for a spot attacking Dole for supporting $320 billion in tax increases, Forbes rushed to pile on. "The ad is misleading," he said, and suggested that the actual number was closer to $1 trillion. "Don't malign my integrity here," Dole...
...encouraging factor for Harvard is the possibility that Rankin will be able to play more. The senior, who has had chronic back problems and underwent surgery last February, is optimistic about his participation this weekend...
...only the beginning of treatment. Often, substance abuse overlays a more serious psychiatric problem that needs lengthy treatment. In a short stay, says Jerry Spicer, president of Hazelden, "you can deal with detox, but you can't bring about a recovery. It comes down to trying to treat a chronic illness as an acute one." "What you lose," agrees McLean's Sederer, "is the ability to see patients to the next stage of recovery...