Tag Archives: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Nuclear plant earthquake safety panel focuses on Diablo Canyon via CBS News

Posted on 2014/12/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

WASHINGTON – Federal regulators need to reassess seismic standards at California’s last operating nuclear power plant and determine if its operating rules are sufficient in light of earthquake risks, a former California state senator says. Sam Blakeslee argues in testimony … Continue reading →

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Boxer: Nuclear regulators haven’t learned from Fukushima via The Hill

Posted on 2014/12/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) accused the body responsible for nuclear energy safety of ignoring recommendations that sprung from 2011’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear meltdown. In the 10th hearing she has held on the disaster caused by an earthquake and tsunami, Boxer, … Continue reading →

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City to feds: Get nuclear waste out of San Onofre via Orange County Register

Posted on 2014/11/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

An August decision by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to let spent radioactive fuel remain in storage at the defunct San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station indefinitely does not sit well with elected leaders in San Clemente, the plant’s closest neighbor. The … Continue reading →

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EDITORIAL: Punting again on nuclear waste via MyCentralJersey.com

Posted on 2014/09/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Talk about dropping a hot potato in a way that provides absolutely no incentive for anyone to pick it up — ever. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently decided that nuclear waste from power plants can be stored above ground in … Continue reading →

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NRC increases oversight at Oconee nuclear plant after crack, leak via WYFF4.com

Posted on 2014/08/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

OCONEE COUNTY, S.C. —The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff is increasing its oversight of the Oconee nuclear power station after citing the plant for a violation related to the plant’s failure to identify and correct a crack in a weld on … Continue reading →

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