Sunday, August 12, 2012

News updates on NRC licensing

TOO LATE FOR PILGRIM? Nuclear Regulatory Commission freezes license ...

Wicked Local - ‎Aug 11, 2012‎
Timing is everything. Two months after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission officially renewed the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station's operating license for another 20 years, the commission has frozen final reactor licensing decisions at 19 sites across the country ...

License Extensions On Hold for Limerick Nuclear Plant

Patch.com - ‎Aug 11, 2012‎
asset[new_asset_attachment_attributes][to_type]. Article. article[new_asset_attachment_attributes][user_id]. new_asset_attachment_attributes. The license renewal proceeding for the nuclear power plant in Limerick was suspended this week over concerns ...

NRC decision could have bearing on PSB hearings

Brattleboro Reformer - ‎Aug 11, 2012‎
Saturday August 11, 2012. BRATTLEBORO -- A unanimous decision by the five commissioners of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to halt the licensing of new plants and the relicensing of operating plants won't affect the extended license issued in March ...

NRC nuclear licensing freeze won't stall Vogtle [The Augusta Chronicle, Ga.]

Equities.com - ‎Aug 10, 2012‎
NRC nuclear licensing freeze won't stall Vogtle [The Augusta Chronicle, Ga.] By Rob Pavey, The Augusta Chronicle, Ga. McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. Aug. 10--The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's decision this week to suspend final approval of ...

Action By NRC To Halt Permits Won't Affect NFS

Greeneville Sun - ‎Aug 10, 2012‎
BY KEN LITTLE STAFF WRITER Nuclear Fuel Services Inc. (NFS) won't be affected by a Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NFC) decision earlier this week to stop issuing permits for new nuclear plants, and to stop granting license extensions for existing ...

Reactor Reax: Roundup of Nuclear Articles and Reports

Salem-News.Com - ‎Aug 10, 2012‎
(WASHINGTON DC) - In the news this week, licensing for nuclear power facilities may grow more difficult; an anti-nuclear group's reasoning influenced the NRC, which will now have to sort out some of their problematic nuclear policies. In related ...

NRC says no more nuclear licenses…for now

WUFT - ‎Aug 10, 2012‎
By Nickelle Smith – WUFT-FM. The nuclear energy plant planned to be constructed in Levy County has been getting mixed reviews ever since it was proposed. A new decision from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is bringing this plant back into question.

NRC Suspends Relicensing Decisions While It Reviews Fuel Storage Risks

Patch.com - ‎Aug 10, 2012‎
NRC Suspends Relicensing Decisions While It Reviews Fuel Storage Risks. The NRC announced it will hold off on decisions on Indian Point and other nuclear power plant relicensing until it completes a reassessment of fuel storage risks. By Liz Giegerich ...

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Halts License Approvals Pending New ...

Truth-Out -
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced Tuesday it would suspend the issuing of new reactor operating licenses, license renewals and construction licenses until the agency crafted a plan for dealing with the nation's growing spent nuclear fuel ...
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