After the Three Mile Island incident the NRC cracked down rigorously on safety protocol. They emphasized training employees to handle the equipment delicately and strategized worst case scenarios that could result from another nuclear meltdown. Even though they tightened their leach on nuclear construction there was still controversy over whether or not production was even worth the risk. Nuclear energy took a step back from their accelerated production to address each issue one at a time. In 1982 the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA) established a site to deposit all high level hazardous waste. Utility companies were required to bear the cost for disposing the waste. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 gave nuclear companies the incentive to manufacture
