Correcting the record

In an Aug. 4 story about security at nuclear power plants, The Associated Press erroneously reported that regulators would stop revealing nuclear plant “safety lapses.” The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it no longer would reveal “security gaps” at the plants. The commission says it will continue to report safety lapses.

The story also reported incorrectly that it was the commission’s first public meeting on power plant safety since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. It was the first public hearing on security at nuclear plants since the Sept. 11 attacks. The NRC has held several public meetings on power plant safety issues in the past three years.

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A story on Page B3 of Thursday’s paper incorrectly identified a stock car racer who was rescued from his vehicle at Speedway 95 in Hermon Wednesday night. The driver was Alan Cookson Sr.