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Thursday, September 6, 2012

NRC Doings in the News 9/6


NRC Taking Closer Look at Palisades Plant Closures, Culture
WHTC
Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Covert (Nuclear Regulatory Commission photo). COVERT, MI (WHTC) - A supplemental Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspection of the Palisades plant in Covert is planned for September 17th through the 28th.
NRC Looking Into Wash. Nuclear Plant's 11-Year-Old Mistake
KUOW NPR
The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission is looking into an 11-year emergency planning mistake at the Northwest's only commercial nuclear power plant. Officials at the Columbia Generating Station in southeast Washington used faulty estimates of how ...
Daily Recap: Sarkozy Bakery signs lease with Columbia Plaza Building; NRC to ...
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com
NRC to investigate Palisades: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will have an 11-day supplemental inspection of Palisades nuclear power plant near South Haven. The plant was downgraded by the NRC in February, making it one of the worst performing ...

Entergy again points to legislators' nuclear statements
Barre Montpelier Times Argus
Entergy's lawyers said Vermont's appeal was a continuation of its “attempts to thwart the federal statutory scheme,” in particular the Atomic Energy Act, which gave the responsibility for nuclear safety issues to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ...
DPJ panel's draft sets denuclearization as goal
Power Engineering Magazine
1) The 40-year maximum on the operation of nuclear reactors should be strictly observed. 2) Only nuclear reactors whose safety is approved by the soon-to-be-established nuclear regulatory commission can be restarted. 3) Further construction of nuclear ...
'Downtown White Flint' Breaks Ground
Bethesda Now
A new 14-story office building for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is nearing completion on Marinelli Lane near the White Flint Metro Station, an early milestone in the dramatic changes planned for North Bethesda. Over the next 25 years, the multiple ...

NRC Taking Closer Look at Palisades Plant Closures, Culture

WHTC -
COVERT, MI (WHTC) - A supplemental Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspection of the Palisades plant in Covert is planned for September 17th through the 28th. The “wide-ranging” probe will not only look at two separate leaks that led to the facility going ...

Nuclear Regulatory Commission holds public meeting | WJHL.com
Nuclear Regulatory Commission discusses decision to extend Nuclear Fuel Services operating license.
www2.wjhl.com/.../nuclear-regulatory-commission-holds-publ...
Nuclear Regulatory Commission satisfied with repairs at Three Mile ...
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Thursday that it was satisfied with Exelon's repairs following a reactor shut-down at Three Mile Island on Aug. 22.
www.pennlive.com/.../nuclear_regulatory_commission_3.html
LBP-12-18 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR ...
that the NRC Staff satisfies its duty under NEPA to consider the new and significant ... Nuclear Regulatory Commission Task Force Report on The Fukushima ...
www.nirs.org/nukerelapse/calvert/cont11ruling.pdf

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