On a similar note, it was implied that the plant has suffered enough minor meltdowns as a result of Homer's actions that mop-up crews dispatched to decontaminate a meltdown knew him by name. The plant has come close to meltdowns multiple times, but has always avoided catastrophe, often due to Homer's blind luck (and in one case, a dog employee briefly waking up to avert the meltdown during a particularly lazy day). The core of the reactor is a Fissionator 1952 Slow-Fission Reactor. The Emergency Exits are simply painted on. Notable safety violations that have been seen include luminous rats in the bowels of the plant, pipes and drums leaking radioactive waste, the disposal of waste in a children's playground, plutonium used as a paperweight, cracked cooling towers (fixed in one episode using a piece of chewing gum), skeletons in the basement, dangerously high Geiger counter readings around the perimeter of the plant, flashing red alert signs being ignored by the employees, the creation of a mutant subspecies of three-eyed fish and a horrific giant spider. A surprise inspection found 342 violations with an estimated $56 million required to bring the plant up to code, money which Burns refused to spend. The plant is notorious for being poorly maintained, largely due to owner Charles Montgomery Burns' miserliness and safety director Homer Simpson's incompetence.
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