Tag Archives: Nuclear Regulatory Commission

More powerful guns may guard spent nuclear fuel via fuel fix

Posted on 2013/01/23 by norma field

LIMERICK, Pa. — Machine guns may be coming to a nuclear plant near you. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has proposed a rule that would allow security guards to wield machine guns and “enhanced weapons” to guard spent fuel rods being … Continue reading →

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Anti-Nuclear Groups Call For Post-Sandy Inspections [AUDIO] via New Jersey 101.5

Posted on 2012/11/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Anti Nuclear activists are asking the Governor’s office and Nuclear Regulatory Commission to keep Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station offline until the plant’s emergency procedures and evacuation plans are re-evaluated following Hurricane Sandy. Members of Beyond Nuclear, GRAMMES, and the … Continue reading →

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Playing Nuclear Roulette in Vermont via Chelsea Green Publishing

Posted on 2012/11/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Vermont’s lone nuclear reactor — Entergy-owned Vermont Yankee — has been named one of the five worst reactors in the United States, according to the new book Nuclear Roulette: The Truth about the Most Dangerous Energy Source on Earth, published … Continue reading →

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U.S. nuclear energy safety questioned via UPI.com

Posted on 2012/11/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) — The United States is headed toward a major nuclear disaster — one that could mirror what happened last year in Japan — unless the government more closely monitors aging power plants, safety advocates and activists … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Plants from Virginia to Vermont Could Be Impacted from Massive Hurricane Sandy via Democracy Now!

Posted on 2012/10/29 by kojimaaiko

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has acknowledged the massive Sandy storm could impact both coastal and inland nuclear power plants. At least 16 reactors are in the storm’s projected path, including North Anna and Surry in Virginia; Calvert Cliffs in Maryland; … Continue reading →

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Flood Threat To Nuclear Plants Covered Up By Regulators, NRC Whistleblower Claims via Huffington Post

Posted on 2012/09/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

In a letter submitted Friday afternoon to internal investigators at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, a whistleblower engineer within the agency accused regulators of deliberately covering up information relating to the vulnerability of U.S. nuclear power facilities that sit downstream from … Continue reading →

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Ties to Obama Aided in Access for Big Utility via The New York Times

Posted on 2012/08/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

In the weeks before the draft rule was issued, Exelon lobbyists attended two other White House meetings, records show, giving it greater White House access than any other company or environmental group trying to influence the outcome. The Exelon meetings … Continue reading →

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Purdue professor raises caution about nuclear energy via The Exponent

Posted on 2012/03/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By CURTIS SPICER City EditorThere has been a lack of public discussion about nuclear energy especially since two new reactors will be housed in a new plant in Georgia, according to a Purdue professor. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved the … Continue reading →

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Nuclear renaissance? US OKs new reactor design via MSNBC

Posted on 2011/12/24 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Opening the door to a new generation of nuclear reactors, federal regulators on Thursday approved a design that a nuclear watchdog group acknowledged is an improvement but still not ideal. The AP1000 reactor, designed by Westinghouse Electric Co., is safer … Continue reading →

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Could New Nuclear Reactor Have Prevented Fukushima? via ABC News

Posted on 2011/12/24 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

The first new nuclear reactor to be built in the U.S. in three decades is one step away from breaking ground. Federal regulators approved the design for the AP1000 reactor, which Westinghouse Electric Co. developed over 20 years. The Nuclear … Continue reading →

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