NRC lawyers back petition to delay reactor licensing

• NRC lawyers back petition to delay reactor licensing
  Attorneys with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission agree with a petition filed by environmental groups seeking to delay the licensing and license extensions for nuclear plants. The petition, which would affect NextEra Energy's Seabrook facility in New Hampshire, earned the support of 12 Nuclear Regulatory Commission lawyers. The Nuclear Energy Institute said in filings that the petition is not necessary and that the NRC's waste storage environmental analysis should be addressed in a formal rulemaking. NEI also said the petition's proposed 60-day waiting period was not warranted. EENews.net (subscription required) (6/28), SeacoastOnline (Portsmouth, N.H.)