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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

On Our Radar: N.R.C. Puts Off Licensing Decisions - NYTimes.com


On Our Radar: N.R.C. Puts Off Licensing Decisions - NYTimes.com
By By THE NEW YORK TIMES
The commission suspends decisions on license renewals for nuclear plants until the commission reassesses the nagging issue of storing spent nuclear fuel.
Green
Nuclear Regulatory Commission puts hold on plant licensing ...
By Physics Today
Reuters: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued an order that suspends reactor licensing and renewal until the NRC can update its policies for handling spent nuclear fuel. In 2010 the NRC had adopted updates to the Waste ...
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As NRC Acknowledges Spent Fuel Dangers, Defers Relicensing ...
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RPT-NRC halts plant license approvals to resolve waste issue
Reuters
The order from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission - headed by Allison Macfarlane, a nuclear waste expert - will not stop hearings or other work on licensing activity and no license decisions are imminent, an NRC spokesman said. The U.S. Court of Appeals ...
NRC would oversee proposed uranium mill in Chatham
Chatham Star Tribune
Larry W. Camper, director of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection, gave an overview of the NRC's uranium recovery program. “Our mission is about protecting public health and safety,” said ...
NRC Suspends Final Licenses to Reassess Risks of Storing Waste
Businessweek
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission suspended final decisions on licenses for power plants until it completes a reassessment of risks related to storing spent atomic fuel ordered by a federal court in June. The action by the five-member NRC today in ...
NRC takes step back on reactor decisions
Fredericksburg.com (blog)
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has put a hold on final decisions on pending nuclear power plant licenses and license renewals for existing plants. Among those is Dominion power's application for a third reactor at North Anna Power Station. The NRC's ...

News bites: Refinery blaze under review, NRC halts plant licensing, and more
The Hill (blog)
The Wall Street Journal reports that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it would stop issuing nuclear plant licenses while it addresses an appellate court decision on waste policy. “The move, while not expected to affect any nuclear plants right ...


US NRC freezes decisons on new reactor, license renewal applications
Platts
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted unanimously Tuesday not to issue final decisions on granting licenses to build new nuclear power reactors and 20-year license renewals to existing ones, pending resolution of the agency's waste confidence ...
NRC freezes new nuclear power plant licenses, license renewals
Power Engineering Magazine
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on August 7 voted to put a hold on making final decisions on combined construction and operating licenses (COLs) for new nuclear power plants and 20-year license renewals for existing plants in response to the ...

 Nuclear Power Plant License Renewals Decision Suspended By NRC
Huffington Post
Aug 7 (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Tuesday suspended issuing final decisions on new licenses and on license renewals for nuclear power plants until the agency decides how to deal with the thorny issue of spent nuclear fuel. The order from the Nuclear ...

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