Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Nuclear Rubberstamp Commission

Karl Grossman | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Chernobyl, Allison Macfarlane, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Fukushima, Nuclear Energy, Nrc, Clean Energy, Gregory Jaczko, Green News

The nuclear industry and promoters of nuclear power in government would have us believe that Fukushima means nothing. In reality, the consequences -- in Japan and all over the world -- are expected to be enormous.

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NRC Renews Reactor License

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Energy, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Video, Nrc License, Entergy, Reuters, Nrc, Pilgrim Nuclear Reactor, Nuclear Reactors, Nuclear Regulatory Commission License, Nrc Licensing, Entergy Reactor, Green News

May 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said Friday it approved a new 20-year operating license for Entergy Corp's Pilgrim r...

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Obama Names Yucca Mountain Critic To Lead Nuclear Agency

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Yucca Mountain, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Video, 2012 Election, President Obama, Elections 2012, Allison Macfarlane, Obama, Gregory Jaczko, Barack Obama 2012, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Moving quickly to stem a controversy, President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated an expert on nuclear waste to lead the federal a...

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Exit Jackzo: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Free Fall

Richard Brodsky | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Fukushima, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Indian Point, Gregory Jaczko, Nrc, Nuclear Power, Obama Nuclear Power, Politics News

The resignation of NRC Chairman Gregory Jackzo puts the issue of nuclear safety smack on the middle of Obama's desk, and then into the presidential race. That's a good thing.

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Departing NRC Chief Presses For Heightened Safety Regulations

Reuters | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Gregory Jaczko Safety Campaign, Nrc Safety, Video, Gregory Jaczko Nrc, Reuters, Nuclear Safety Regulations, Gregory Jaczko Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nrc Safety Campaign, Nuclear-Power, Gregory Jaczko, Gregory Jaczko Safety Regulations, Nrc Safety Regulations, Green News

* Jaczko says safety issues take too long to be addressed * Reform legacy overshadowed by questions about his management style ...

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Fukushima Tour de Force: New Book Chronicles Nuclear Devil's Tango

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, President Obama, Fukushima, Books, Nuclear Power, Cecile Pineda, Nuclear Energy, Green Energy, Gregory Jaczko, Japan, Cecile Pineda Devil's Tango, Books News

In Devil's Tango, Pineda brings together a refreshingly bold command of the facts and myths of the nuclear industry with her extraordinary prose to offer a rare look into many of the overlooked implications of the Fukushima tragedy.

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Under A Withering Industry Assault, Nuclear Safety Chief Resigns

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Yucca Mountain, Fukushima, Jaczko Nrc, Jaczko, Gregory Jaczko Nrc, Yucca, Nuclear-Power, Gregory Jaczko, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Gregory Jaczko Resigns, Jaczko Resigns, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman, Greg Jaczko, Nrc Chairman Resigns, Nrc, Gregory Jaczko Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nrc Jaczko, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Under a withering assault from the industry, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko is stepping down, effective upon the ...

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San Onofre: We Can't Ignore the Warning Signs

Erich Pica | Posted 05.21.2012

San Onofre's reactors have already released radioactive steam and are literally shaking themselves apart. Instead of keeping the reactors shut down, Southern Edison is rushing to restart the reactors and running them as hard as possible.

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Debate Heats Up Over Radiation Filters For Nuke Plants

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Fukushima Daiichi, Video, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Safety, Fukushima Nuclear Plant, Greenpeace, Radiation, Green News

In a letter sent Tuesday to Gregory B. Jaczko, chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, representatives of the nuclear power industry argued tha...

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Nuclear Power Regulators Scale Back Emergency Readiness Efforts

AP | JEFF DONN | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Nuclear Power Regulators, Fema, Natural Disasters, Gary Lima, Cheryl L. Chubb, Nuclear Power, Timothy Greten, Fukushima Disaster, Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, Phillip Musegaas, Nuclear-Power, Greenpeace, Radiation, Robert Free, Riverkeeper, Fukushima Nuclear Accident, Emergency Preparedness, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Jim Riccio, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Video, Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, Randy Sullivan, Three Mile Island, Green News

Without fanfare, the nation's nuclear power regulators have overhauled community emergency planning for the first time in more than three decades, req...

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Will You Pay as New Reactors Jump $900 Million in Just Three Months?

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Francois Hollande, San Onofre, Vogtle, Obama, V.C. Summer, Atomic Energy, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuclear Renaissance, Nrc, Levy County, Nuclear Power, Flamanville, Green News

The projected price for Georgia's Vogtle Double Reactor Project has jumped at least $900 million in just three months -- and that's just for starters.

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VA Nuke Plant To Face Extra Oversight

AP | MICHAEL FELBERBAUM | Posted 05.14.2012

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Dominion Virginia Power will face additional federal oversight at its North Anna Nuclear Power Station in central Virginia beca...

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'There Is No Timeline On Nuclear Safety'

AP | MICHAEL R. BLOOD | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: San Onofre Power Plant, San Onofre Twin Reactors, San Onofre Tubes, San Onofre Plant, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Southern California Edison, San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant, Nuclear Power, San Onofre Nuclear Power, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — A $670 million overhaul at California's San Onofre nuclear plant was expressly intended to avoid the types of ailments that have s...

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Nuclear Safety Advocates Accuse Industry And Regulators Of Foot-Dragging On Basic Safety Measure

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Nrc, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuclear Safety, Fukushima Nuclear Plant, Gregory Jaczko, Nuclear Power, Green News

From her home, Mary Lampert, 70, has a clear view of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, which sits just across the Duxbury and Plymouth Bays in coasta...

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UPDATE: Obama Defies Reid On Key Appointment

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Sen Harry Reid, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Video, Mary Svinicki, Nrc, Nrc-Commissioners, Harry Reid, Nuclear, Nrc Commissioner, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A GOP nominee to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission "lied to Congress" and "disqualified herself" from a second term, a spokesman for Sen...

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How Sickly Is San Onofre?

AP | MICHAEL R. BLOOD | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, San Onofre Nrc Chief, San Onofre Power Plant, Nrc Chief San Onofre, Sickly San Onofre Power Plant, Gregory Jaczko Nuclear Regulatory Commission, San Onofre Radiation Leak, Los Angeles News

DANA POINT, Calif. — The head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission promised a tough review Friday of suspect tubing at the troubled San Onofre n...

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Big GOP Donor Wants To Fill Dump With Radioactive Waste

Bloomberg | Julie Bykowicz | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Nuclear Waste, Super Pac, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2012 Election, Harold Simmons, Radioactive Waster, Elections 2012, Harold Simmons Radioactive Waste, American Crossroads, Politics News

Harold Simmons built a West Texas dump for radioactive waste that is bigger than 1,000 football fields and he can't fill it....

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130 Arrested At Vermont Yankee Protest

AP | WILSON RING | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Larry Smith, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Peter Shumlin, Vermont Yankee, Vermont Yankee Protest, Gene Wrinn, Entergy Nuclear, J. Wayne Leonard, Nuclear Power, Frances Crowe, Bill Quigley, Green News

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — A 93-year-old anti-nuclear activist was among more than 130 protesters arrested at the corporate headquarters of the Vermont ...

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America's Reckless Nuclear Policies Have Got to End

Tulsi Gabbard | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Department of Energy, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Fukashima, Loan-Guarantee, Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant, Nuclear, Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant, Indian Point Power Plant, Green News

We shouldn't gamble away another cent towards this destructive and dangerous energy technology. I will fight to end these spending policies and instead aim federal funding toward clean, safe, renewable energy -- the type that we can all feel comfortable living next to.

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Nuclear Power's Green Mountain Grassroots Demise

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.20.2012

If the citizens of Vermont can shut Yankee, a dam will be breached and the post-Fukushima power of a rising grassroots tsunami will be made tangible. Solartopia will be that much closer.

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Aging Nuclear Reactors: Are We Doing Enough to Ensure Safety?

Joe Rubin | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuclear Safety, California, Nuclear Reactor Safety, Nuclear Reactors, Nrc, Green News

While reporting on the Diablo Canyon story, one of the most surprising things that I learned was how the NRC oversaw the relicensing of aging nuclear power plants.

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The Fukushima Accident's Legacy One Year Later

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Hawaii, Energy, Fukushima, Nuclear Safety, Earthquake, Nuclear, China, Japan, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Construction Work in Progress, Electricity, Georgia, Nuclear Accident, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Power Plant, North Carolina, Green News

There's a world of difference between safety, acceptable risk, and too much risk. Nuclear power plants lie somewhere between the second and the third. Anyone who tells you they're unqualifyingly safe is blowing smoke. Hopefully it won't be radioactive.

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No Nuclear Nirvana

Robert Alvarez | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Nuclear Energy, Vogtle, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuclear Power Plants, Augusta-Georgia, Green News

Nearly four decades after the Three Mile Island accident, nuclear power remains expensive, dangerous, and too radioactive for Wall Street. The industry won't grow unless the U.S. government props it up and the public bears the risks.

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U.S. Nuclear Power Safety in 2011: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Elliott Negin | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Nuclear Energy, Politics News, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuclear Power Plants, Nuclear Power, Politics News

A new report concludes that many of the significant safety lapses at U.S. nuclear plants in 2011 happened because plant owners -- and often the Nuclear Regulatory Commission -- either tolerated known problems or failed to address them adequately.

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The Unclear Nuclear Revival

Elliott Negin | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuclear Power, Politics News, Nuclear Power Plants, Plant Vogtle, Clean Energy, Clean and Safe Energy Coalition, Obama Nuclear Energy, Politics News

Despite the recent green-lighting of the first new nuclear reactors in decades, most of the industry's celebratory assertions about nuclear power's revival, its potential to "jumpstart" the economy, and its relative safety don't hold up to scrutiny.

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