An Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) panel will conduct an evidentiary hearing Oct. 31 in Rockville, Md., in the South Texas Project Combined License (COL) proceeding. The ASLB is the independent body within the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that presides over proceedings involving the licensing of civilian nuclear facilities, such as nuclear power plants. This [...]
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NRC revisiting low-level radioactive waste reduction policy
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Nuclear Power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, radioactive waste on August 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is seeking public comment on proposed revisions to its policy statement on volume reduction of low-level radioactive waste (LLRW). The proposed revisions would urge licensees to minimize the volume of waste they produce since such a focus will extend the operational lifetime of the existing commercial low-level disposal sites and reduce [...]
NRC’S TASK FORCE RECOMMENDS CHANGES TO REACTOR SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Nuclear, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, United States on July 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Japan Task Force has proposed improvements in areas ranging from loss of power to earthquakes, flooding, spent fuel pools, venting and preparedness, and said a “patchwork of regulatory requirements” developed “piece-by-piece over the decades” should be replaced with a “logical, systematic and coherent regulatory framework” to further bolster reactor safety in [...]
Dresden Nuclear Power Plant issues alert
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Dresden Nuclear Power Plant, Exelon, Leak, Nuclear, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission on July 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Exelon’s Dresden Nuclear Power Plant located in Morris, Ill., roughly 60 miles southwest of Chicago declared an alert at 10:16 a.m. CT today after a chemical leak restricted access to a vital area that houses plant cooling water pumps. The leaking chemical is sodium hypochlorite, which is similar to bleach, and is routinely used in [...]
Tepco, wouldn’t want to be you
Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged japan, Nuclear Power, Texas, Tokyo Electric Power Company, water on July 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In their ongoing effort to accomplish a cold shutdown by January, Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco), the beleaguered operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power plant said it had resumed the use of recycled water to cool the reactor cores this weekend, a week after its first attempt was suspended due to leaks that developed [...]
Obscure Japanese prefecture governor could decide the fate of nuclear power for his country
Posted in Nuclear, tagged japan, Nuclear, Nuclear Power on July 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It appears that the fate for nuclear power in Japan following the Fukushima Daiichi disaster, could be decided by a local governor of an obscure prefecture of about 850,000 residents on the southernmost main island of Kyushu. Governor Yasushi Furukawa of Saga Prefecture, must decide in coming days whether to support a request by Prime [...]
Japan’s nuclear corporate & regulatory culture not so different from ours
Posted in Global Warming, tagged japan, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, The Tokyo Electric Power Company on July 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Bashing Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco), has become a regular habit in Japan over the past three months. While Tepco managers certainly bungled the response to the crisis at the company’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, Tepco wasn’t operating in a vacuum. Indications are that failures of corporate governance policies and [...]
Nowhere to run
Posted in Global Warming, tagged evacuation, Nuclear, nuclear accident, Nuclear Power on July 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In a series of investigative stories, the Associated Press (AP) has been reporting on the state of the US nuclear industry in the wake of the Fukushima disaster in Japan. In this recent report, the AP found that as America’s nuclear power plants have aged, the once-rural areas around them have become far more crowded [...]
Some U.S. Reactors on Borrowed Time
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Nuclear, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, south texas on June 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Global Support for Nuclear Power Drops A new Ipsos/Reuters poll released on June 22nd reveal that global support for nuclear power has plummetted in the wake of the Fukushima disaster. A survey of over 19,000 people in 24 countries showed that three quarters of people now think nuclear power will soon be obsolete. Only three countries still show [...]
What The Fukushima Is Going On In Omaha?
Posted in Nuclear, tagged Flood, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Omaha Public Power District on June 27, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is monitoring events at the Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant after a protective berm holding back floodwaters from the Missouri River collapsed early today. The plant, located about 19 miles north of Omaha, Nebraska, is operated by Omaha Public Power District. NRC has been monitoring this plant since June [...]
Aging nuclear plants create radioactive waste in need of disposal, with few options available
Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged Nuclear Power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, radioactive waste, Spent nuclear fuel, WCS on June 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Critiques of nuclear generation have generally revolved around safety risks and high construction fees, but relatively little attention has been paid to what happens when a nuclear plant powers down for good. Costs Can Reach Over $1 Billion Nuclear plants must be decommissioned at the end of their useful life, and operating licenses are generally for [...]
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