Tag Archives: Nuclear Regulatory Commission

U.S. is Only 3 Years Behind China in Nuclear Reactors Courtesy of New Approval via Daily Tech

Posted on 2011/12/24 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Construction on new designs should begin within weeks; ultra-safe Gen. III+ reactors could be live by 2016 When it comes to alternative energy, wind and solar power are nice ideas and certainly worthy of research, but they remain much more … Continue reading →

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After Fukushima: A Changing Climate For Nuclear via NPR

Posted on 2011/12/24 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

This year has something unpleasant in common with the years 1979 and 1986. In 1979, a nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania melted down. In 1986, the Soviet reactor at Chernobyl blew up and burned. This year’s meltdown … Continue reading →

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NRC Head Jaczko Satisfied With Response to Fukushima Disaster via Bloomberg Businessweek

Posted on 2011/12/20 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) — U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko said he’s satisfied with Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s efforts to end the crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant. Jaczko said the melted fuel in the reactors has cooled enough … Continue reading →

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Nuclear waste site hunt could point to granite via Associated Press

Posted on 2011/12/18 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The likely death of a planned nuclear waste site at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain has left federal agencies looking for a possible replacement. A national lab working for the U.S. Department of Energy is now eying granite … Continue reading →

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Indian Point: The Next Fukushima? via New York Times

Posted on 2011/12/17 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

NINE months after an earthquake and tsunami destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan and set off the world’s worst radiation crisis since Chernobyl, the Japanese government finally announced on Friday that the plant’s reactors had been stabilized. … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Expert Cites New Concerns About Westinghouse Reactor Design Based On Fukushima Disaster via ENews Park Forest

Posted on 2011/11/10 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

DURHAM, N.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 10 – Nuclear engineer Arnie Gundersen has documented at least six areas of unreviewed safety concern involving the Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear plant design based on the ongoing Fukushima disaster, and he says these problems require full technical review … Continue reading →

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Nuke plants’ generator failures draw scrutiny via CBS News

Posted on 2011/10/10 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

(AP) ATLANTA – Four generators that power emergency systems at nuclear plants have failed when needed since April, an unusual cluster that has attracted the attention of federal inspectors and could prompt the industry to re-examine its maintenance plans. None … Continue reading →

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\ˈsāf\: America’s nuclear power plants? via The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2011/09/08 by norma field

When the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission released its task force’s recommendations for enhancing reactor safety in response to the Fukushima Daiichi accident, an editorial in the Washington Post summarized the findings this way: “America’s plants are safe. But they could … Continue reading →

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Our Hero: David Lochbaum of the Union of Concerned Scientists via ecocentric

Posted on 2011/07/04 by norma field

A nuclear engineer by training, Dave Lochbaum worked in nuclear power plants for nearly two decades. In the early 1990s, he and a colleague identified a safety problem in a plant where they were working, but were ignored when they … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Plant Safety Rules Inadequate, Group Says via The New York Times

Posted on 2011/06/16 by norma field

ROCKVILLE, Md. — Nuclear safety rules in the United States do not adequately weigh the risk that a single event would knock out electricity from both the grid and from emergency generators, as an earthquake and tsunami recently did at … Continue reading →

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