Industry Urges NRC to Adopt Performance-Based Approach to Filtering

Industry Urges NRC to Adopt Performance-Based Approach to Filtering

by emcerlain

Representatives of the nuclear energy industry once again this week asked the NRC to adopt a performance-based approach to minimize the release of radioactivity from damaged fuel in a severe accident, while agency staff reiterated its earlier recommendation to require external filters for the containment vents of early-model boiling water reactors.http://safetyfirst.nei.org/news/industry-urges-nrc-to-adopt-performance-based-approach-to-filtering/