NRC News update 2/19

NRC reviewing leak at Palisades power plant WSBT-TV COVERT TOWNSHIP, Mich. – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is investigating a leak at the Palisades nuclear plant in Van Buren County. Palisades shut down last Friday after several days of problems with the plant's cooling water heat exchange system ...http://www.wsbt.com/news/wsbt-nrc-reviewing-leak-at-palisades-power-plant-20130219,0,1311849.story See all stories on this topic »

NRC's pending lawsuits involve Aiken County, Vogtle The Augusta Chronicle At the top of the list of active cases is a complaint from Aiken County and other South Carolina parties who want the courts to force the commission to resume the license review process for the Yucca Mountain project in Nevada, a site vetted as a ...http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-02-19/nrcs-pending-lawsuits-involve-aiken-county-vogtle?v=1361265284

Appellate Court challenges state jurisdiction over Newfield slag cleanup Gloucester County Times - NJ.com In a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals, Senior Circuit Judge Stephen F. Williams challenged the transfer of responsibility for regulating the site from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to the state's Department of Environmental Protection. For the ...http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2013/02/appeals_court_challenges_state.html

Majority Leader Atkins Calls On NRC To Give The Public Complete Information ... ScoopSanDiego.com California Assembly Majority Leader Toni Atkins of San Diego has sent a letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) asking that the commission obtain and release to the public an unredacted copy of a document that appears to reveal that flaws in ...http://scoopsandiego.com/news/local/majority-leader-atkins-calls-on-nrc-to-give-the-public/article_e2fdd6a6-7af2-11e2-a586-001a4bcf6878.html

NRC finds one minor violation in recent MOX audit The Augusta Chronicle The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's most recent round of inspections at the U.S. Department of Energy's mixed oxide fuel facility yielded one minor violation, according to a copy of the report made public last week. NRC finds one minor violation in ...http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-02-19/nrc-finds-one-minor-violation-recent-mox-audit

NRC to Discuss Seabrook Station Issues Thurs. Patch.com Above is a copy of the notice and agenda for a Thursday meeting between the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and NextEra Energy, of the owners of Seabrook Station nuclear power plant, to discuss the status of the plant's concrete degradation issues.http://hampton-northhampton.patch.com/articles/nrc-to-discuss-seabrook-station-issues-thurs#photo-10843635

NRC to increase oversight at two nuclear power plants Power Engineering Magazine The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said it was stepping up oversight at Constellation Energy Nuclear Group's Nine Mile Point 1 and Entergy (NYSE: ETR)'s Fitzpatrick nuclear power plants in New York as a result of changes in indicators used by ...http://www.power-eng.com/articles/2013/02/nrc-to-increase-oversight-at-two-nuclear-power-plants.html Feds ramp up oversight at Exelon-run nuke in NY Crain's Chicago Business - ‎2 hours ago‎ (Reuters) — The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it will increase oversight activity at two New York nuclear reactors due to declining performance trends seen last year, the agency said on Tuesday. The Nine Mile Point Unit 1, owned by Constellation ...http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130219/NEWS11/130219741/feds-ramp-up-oversight-at-exelon-run-nuke-in-n-y