The Washington Monthly's Monthly Journalism Award.

• Position: Brief Article

JOHN MANGELS, JOHN FUNK, AND STEPHEN KOFF For an ongoing series on the Davis-Besse Nuclear POwer Station The Cleveland Plain Dealer, 2002

Mangels, Funk, and Koff conducted a year-long investigation into the Davis-Besse nuclear reactor in Oak Harbor, Ohio, which last month was found to be severely corroded, almost to the point of rupturing. The Plain Dealer's three-member team led the way in reporting on the failure of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to investigate the plant's parent company, First Energy Nuclear Operating Company, and exposed the corporate neglect and regulatory failure that is rife in the nuclear power industry. By...