NRC News Update 5/2

NRC fines Kewaunee; says nuclear plant failed to hold fire drills Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The Kewaunee Power Station failed to conduct fire drills properly and falsified fire drill records, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Thursday in announcing a $70,000 proposed civil penalty against the company that operates the plant. The ...

Foreign Ownership Could Halt Licensing Of South Texas Project Nuclear ... Wall Street Journal AUSTIN, Texas, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --On Tuesday, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) told judges overseeing the licensing case for two proposed South Texas Project nuclear reactors that the applicant (NINA) is subject to ...

NRC Bars STP Units 3 & 4 COL on Foreign Control Claim POWER magazine The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) ruled that a partnership between NRG Energy and Japan's Toshiba Corp. to build two new ABWR reactors at the South Texas Project (STP) outside Bay City, Texas, through the holding company Nuclear Innovation ...

NRC: Despite April 2012 power outage, Catawba nuclear plant is safe News Talk 94.3 WRHI Following a loss of offsite power last year at the Catawba Nuclear Station, officials at Duke Energy say a number of changes have now been made to prevent similar events in the future. This week, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and representatives ...

NRC Issues Preliminary Notification Report, May 1 Utility Products The associated EDG for Unit 2 started and supplied power to safety related equipment. On April 8, 2013, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission sent an Augmented Inspection Team (AIT) to assess the circumstances surrounding the March 31, 2013 incident.

NRC Proposes $70000 Civil Penalty to Kewaunee for Violating Agency ... Electric Light & Power The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has proposed a $70,000 civil penalty against Dominion Energy Kewaunee Inc., after the NRC determined fire drills were not being properly conducted and fire drill records were falsified. The plant is located in Kewaunee ...

NRC Says Foreign Ownership Could Preclude Licensing of New South Texas ... Nuclear Street - Nuclear Power Portal (blog) South Texas Project. Source: NRC "On reviewing your application and all other relevant material, including the changes to Part 1 included in Revision 9 to your (combined license) application, the staff made its evaluation relative to foreign ownership ... NRC fines Kewaunee; says nuclear plant failed to hold fire drills ... The Kewaunee Power Station failed to conduct fire drills properly and falsified fire drill records, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Thursday in ... www.jsonline.com/blogs/business/205610851.html NRC hears concerns about Yankee : Rutland Herald Online BRATTLEBORO — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission was both praised and condemned Tuesday by local residents for its oversight of the Vermont Yankee ... www.rutlandherald.com/article/20130501/.../705019893 NRC review says NFS had safe, secure 2012 - Johnson City Press NRC representatives met with NFS officials on Monday at the Unicoi County Courthouse to publicly discuss the Erwin facility's licensee performance review for ... www.johnsoncitypress.com/News/article.php?id=106833 NRC proposes fine for safety violation at Dominion's plant in ... The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has proposed fining a Dominion Resources Inc.'s subsidiary for safety violations at its Kewaunee Power Station in ... www.timesdispatch.com/.../article_aa402774-2eef-592a-aba5-...