US NRC ending Yucca review 'grossly premature,' commissioner says

Svinicki: NRC order to stop Yucca review was "grossly premature"
It was "grossly premature" for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to halt the licensing review of the Yucca Mountain nuclear-waste repository, Commissioner Kristine Svinicki wrote in a letter to Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas. Svinicki said she disagrees with Chairman Gregory Jaczko's Oct. 27 letter to Barton, in which Jaczko said the order was in line with agency policy. Platts http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/ElectricPower/6564760

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