March 19, 2021
The MBTA is temporarily pulling some of its newer subway cars out of service so it can conduct safety inspections after a derailment this week. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said it was pulling its next generation Orange Line cars …
May 27, 2020
Ship assessors are resorting to virtual inspections of oil tankers to keep vessels afloat, as the coronavirus pandemic makes physical visits to check for seaworthiness tougher and a slump in fuel demand increases the need for ships as storage. Oil …
May 17, 2012
Random inspections of U.S. industrial workplaces lower the risk of workers being injured on the job and have no measurable negative effect on the companies inspected, according to a study in the journal Science. Companies chosen for random inspections by …
March 21, 2011
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will conduct a “comprehensive review” of the safety of all U.S. nuclear plants following what U.S. officials are calling the dangerous and complicated situation at Japan’s damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi reactors. President Barack Obama took the rare …