NRC Doings in the News 8/28

NRC sends added personnel to Entergy's Louisiana nuke plants Reuters Aug 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said on Tuesday it had sent additional personnel to Entergy Corp's plants in Louisiana in response to the expected landfall of Tropical Storm Isaac. The Waterford plant is about 20 miles west of ...

NRC delays Global Laser Enrichment license decision StarNewsOnline.com Noting it had hoped to issue a decision this month, NRC's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board issued a notice Monday that the decision has been delayed until September "due to the challenges of safeguarding the classified and other types of nonpublic ...

Another meeting set to discuss Nebraska nuke plant Businessweek The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says it will meet with Omaha Public Power District officials from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Sept. 11 at Dana College's Gardner-Hawks Center in Blair. The plant sits 20 miles north of Omaha. It's been offline since April 2011.

No clear timeframe for Honeywell workers The Southern Officials with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission met with Honeywell representatives to identify potential accident scenarios and licensing issues associated with planned modifications at the plant. The company sent layoff notices in July to 228 of its ...

Operator of troubled Calif. nuclear plant prepares to pull fuel from damaged ... Washington Post Unit 3 “is clearly not the focus right now in terms of correcting the steam generator issues,” said Warnick, the NRC's senior resident inspector at San Onofre. “Unit 3 is going to take more work.” Dave Lochbaum, director of the Union of Concerned ...