NRC freezes final reactor licensing process for 19 nuclear plants

NRC freezes final reactor licensing process for 19 nuclear plants

Wicked Local - ‎

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 NRC has frozen reactor licensing decisions at 19 sites across the country. The NRC ...

NRC puts nuclear licensing decisions on hold

CBS News - ‎6 hours ago‎

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is putting a hold on requests for new reactor construction and license renewals —including Missouri's only nuclear power plant — after a recent federal court ruling questioned the agency's plans ...

An Uncertain Phase for Nuclear Power Licenses

New York Times (blog) - 

Associated PressThe bottom of the new Unit 3 reactor under construction earlier this year at the Vogtle nuclear power plant in Waynesboro, Ga. Green: Politics. In a rare action, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has acceded to a petition filed by anti-nuclear ...

Nuclear waste issues freeze permits for U.S. power plants

CNNMoney - ‎

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The U.S. government said it will stop issuing permits for new nuclear power plants and license extensions for existing facilities until it resolves issues around storing radioactive waste. The government's main watchdog, the Nuclear ...

On Our Radar: NRC Puts Off Licensing Decisions

New York Times (blog) - ‎

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission suspends final decisions on licenses for power plants pending a court-ordered reassessment of the issue of storing spent nuclear fuel. That won't prevent the agency from continuing to review license applications, ...