US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor design
To worry some people, the commission certifying this also downplayed the three miles incident."However, the NRC faced the same problems in obtaining accurate information as the state, and was further hampered by being organizationally ill-prepared to deal with emergencies, as it lacked a clear command structure and did not have the authority either to tell the utility what to do or to order an evacuation of the local area."- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Mile_Island_accident