<Tr> <Td> 000000001996 - 09 - 02 - 0000 September 2, 1996 </Td> <Td> Crystal River </Td> <Td> Crystal River, Florida </Td> <Td> Balance - of - plant equipment malfunction forces shutdown and extensive repairs </Td> <Td> 7002384000000000000 ♠ US $384 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000002010 - 02 - 01 - 0000 February 1, 2010 </Td> <Td> Vermont Yankee </Td> <Td> Vernon, Vermont </Td> <Td> Deteriorating underground pipes leak radioactive tritium into groundwater supplies </Td> <Td> 7002700000000000000 ♠ US $700 </Td> </Tr> <P> The United States 9 / 11 Commission has said that nuclear power plants were potential targets originally considered for the September 11, 2001 attacks . If terrorist groups could sufficiently damage safety systems to cause a core meltdown at a nuclear power plant, and / or sufficiently damage spent fuel pools, such an attack could lead to widespread radioactive contamination . The research scientist Harold Feiveson has written that nuclear facilities should be made extremely safe from attacks that could release massive quantities of radioactivity into the community . New reactor designs have features of passive nuclear safety, which may help . In the United States, the NRC carries out "Force on Force" (FOF) exercises at all Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) sites at least once every three years . </P> <P> A 2012 report by the International Atomic Energy Agency concluded: "The currently defined uranium resource base is more than adequate to meet high - case requirements through 2035 and well into the foreseeable future ." </P>

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