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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

WNN Daily News Update 4/16

16 April 2013

NEW NUCLEAR: SMR funding signed, sealed and delivered (http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN-SMR_funding_signed_sealed_and_delivered-1604137.html)
A formal agreement with the US Department of Energy means that Babcock & Wilcox mPower can access the first $79 million of federal funding under a government program to accelerate commercialization of small modular reactors (SMRs).

REGULATION & SAFETY: Update to US emergency guidelines (http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS_Update_to_US_emergency_guidelines_1604121.html)
The US Environmental Protection Agency has drafted new guidelines to protect workers and the public in a radiological emergency.

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