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Thursday, August 4, 2011

Does the NRC Mission Include Enabling New Reactor Construction?

Does the NRC Mission Include Enabling New Reactor Construction?

During the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on August 2, 2011, Senator Lamar Alexander invested his five minutes of question time wisely by engaging Chairman Jaczko in an important philosophical discussion; does the mission of the NRC to protect public health and safety include a mission to enable the construction of new nuclear power plants?  

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