Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Nuclear Regulator Caught In Conflicted Situation

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.14.2013 | Politics

Read More: William Ostendorff, Metropolis, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Fred Upton, Fukushima, Uranium Conversion, Palisades Power Plant, Nrc, Palisades Power Plant Leak, Honeywell, Fukushima Nuclear Plant, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner William Ostendorff has invested in Honeywell International Inc., an NRC licensee, since as early as 2009...

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A Win For Local Environmentalists

AP | MICHAEL R. BLOOD | Posted 05.13.2013 | Los Angeles

Read More: Nrc, Southern California Edison, San Onofre Power Plant, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, San Onofre Nuclear Plant, San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant, Friends of the Earth, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — A federal panel Monday sided with environmentalists who have called for lengthy hearings on a plan to restart the ailing San Onofr...

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'Green News Report' - April 11, 2013

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.16.2013 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Green Jobs, Epa, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Gregory Jaczko, Green Energy, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Video, Energy Department, Oil Spill, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Arkansas, Energy, Fukushima, Environmental Health, Climate, Exxon Mobil, Nuclear Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Dept of Energy, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Water, Tipping Point, Keystone XL Pipeline, Green News, Sustainability, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Bernie Sanders, Coal, Gina McCarthy, Wine, Gao, Green News

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'Green News Report' - April 9, 2013

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.09.2013 | Green

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Obama Names Nuclear Chief Macfarlane To New Term

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 03.22.2013 | Green

Read More: Allison Macfarlane Nrc, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Allison Macfarlane, Allison Macfarlane Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Allison Macfarlane Second Term, Nrc Allison Macfarlane, Allison Macfarlane, Nuclear-Power, Allison Macfarlane Nomination, Green News

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has nominated Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Allison Macfarlane to a new five-year term. Macfarlane, a g...

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NRC Delays Decision On Filters For Nuclear Plants

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 03.20.2013 | Green

Read More: Nrc Filtered Vents, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Video, Nrc Ventilation Systems, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Filtered Vents, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Safety, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Power Plants, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Ventilation Systems, Nuclear-Power, Green News

WASHINGTON -- U.S. nuclear power plants must upgrade ventilation systems at 31 reactors with designs similar to those that melted down two years ago i...

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A Lasting Legacy of the Fukushima Rescue Mission, Part 3: Cat and Mouse with a Nuclear Ghost

Roger Witherspoon | Posted 05.05.2013 | Green

Read More: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Operation Tomodachi, Radioactive Plume, Department of Defense, Fukushima, USS Ronald Reagan, Department of Energy, Japan Radiation Fallout, Nuclear Contamination, Radiation Cloud, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Meltdown, Green News

It is the most enduring falsehood of commercial nuclear power, promoted heavily by both the industry and its watchdog, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. It is a myth with two conflicting premises.

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Radioactive Metal in Our Homes -- The Nuclear Family Is About to Get a Little More Radioactive

Wenonah Hauter | Posted 04.13.2013 | Green

Read More: Food & Water Watch, Doe, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Food and Water Watch, Thomas Danjczek, Nrc, Steel Manufacturers Association, Nuclear, Department of Energy, Metal, Radiation, Radioactive Recycling, Green News

Since the 1980s, the DOE and the NRC have been cooking up a scheme to recycle radioactive scrap metals back into a wide variety of products from metal water bottles to your children's braces.

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Dem Senator Pushes For Nuclear Power Plant Investigation

AP | MICHAEL R. BLOOD | Posted 04.08.2013 | Politics

Read More: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Video, Boxer, Barbara Boxer, Nuclear Power Plants, Nuclear Power, San Onofre, Barbara Boxer San Onofre, San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant, Democrats, Barbara Boxer Nuclear, Nuclear Power Plant Investigation, Politics News

LOS ANGELES — California Sen. Barbara Boxer pressed federal regulators Wednesday to open a probe at the shuttered San Onofre nuclear power plant...

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Engineers Seek Investigation Of Nuclear Power Threats

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 12.20.2012 | Green

Read More: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Video, Nuclear Power, Terrorism, Nuclear Safety, Indian Point Power Plant, Nuclear Power Safety, Oconee Nuclear Station, Green News

In a letter sent Wednesday, a pair of nuclear engineers -- one of them an employee at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission -- implored outgoing Sen...

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Is Nuclear Disaster Plan Just 'Window Dressing'?

AP | By RAY HENRY | Posted 02.08.2013 | Green

Read More: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Video, US Nuclear, Nrc Flex, US Nuclear Industry, Nrc, Flex Nuclear, Flex, Nuclear Industry, Ap, Nuclear Meltdown, Green News

ATLANTA (AP) — If disaster strikes a nuclear power plant in the U.S., the utility industry wants the ability to fly in heavy-duty equipment that cou...

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Nuclear Power Whistleblowers Sound Alarm On Secrecy Among Feds

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 03.29.2013 | Green

Richard H. Perkins and Larry Criscione are precise and formal men with more than 20 years of combined government and military service. Perkins held po...

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'Green News Report' - November 13, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 01.13.2013 | Green

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Are Nuclear Plants Safe in Hurricanes? Incident During Sandy Suggests They May Not Be

Richard Schiffman | Posted 01.03.2013 | Green

Read More: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Union of Concerned Scientists, New Jersey, Hurricane Sandy, Nuclear Energy, Hurricane Katrina, Oyster Creek Nuclear, Nuclear Power, Green News

Sandy did not kill hundreds -- as Hurricane Katrina did in New Orleans in 2005 -- thanks, in part, to timely evacuations and rescue efforts. And luckily, it did not trigger an even greater disaster at one of the region's nuclear power plants. But it could have.

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'Green News Report' - November 1, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 01.01.2013 | Green

Read More: Frankenstorm, Floods, Pesticides, Green Jobs, Michael Mann, Epa, Renewable Energy, Elections 2012, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Presidential Debates, Green Energy, Coal, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Video, Andrew Cuomo, Gasoline Prices, Hurricane Sandy, Germany, Fossil Fuels, Americans for Prosperity, Big Oil, Colony Collapse Disorder, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Pollution Regulation, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Gmos, Cato Institute, Chris Christie, Fema, Fukushima, Climate, Mitt Romney, Carbon Dioxide, Earthquake, Environmentalism, Democrats, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, Frontline, Koch Brothers, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Keystone XL Pipeline, Oil, Green News, Sustainability, Hillary Clinton, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Green News

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'Green News Report' - October 30, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 12.30.2012 | Green

Read More: Floods, Frankenstorm, Pesticides, Green Jobs, Michael Mann, Epa, Renewable Energy, Elections 2012, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Presidential Debates, Green Energy, Coal, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Andrew Cuomo, Video, Gasoline Prices, Hurricane Sandy, Germany, Fossil Fuels, Americans for Prosperity, Big Oil, Colony Collapse Disorder, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Pollution Regulation, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Chris Christie, Fema, Cato Institute, Gmos, Fukushima, Climate, Mitt Romney, Carbon Dioxide, Earthquake, Environmentalism, Democrats, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, Frontline, Koch Brothers, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Keystone XL Pipeline, Oil, Green News, Sustainability, Hillary Clinton, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Green News

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'Green News Report' - October 30, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 12.30.2012 | Green

Read More: Floods, Frankenstorm, Pesticides, Green Jobs, Michael Mann, Epa, Renewable Energy, Elections 2012, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Presidential Debates, Green Energy, Coal, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Andrew Cuomo, Video, Gasoline Prices, Hurricane Sandy, Germany, Fossil Fuels, Americans for Prosperity, Big Oil, Colony Collapse Disorder, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Pollution Regulation, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Chris Christie, Fema, Cato Institute, Gmos, Fukushima, Climate, Mitt Romney, Carbon Dioxide, Earthquake, Environmentalism, Democrats, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, Frontline, Koch Brothers, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Keystone XL Pipeline, Oil, Green News, Sustainability, Hillary Clinton, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Green News

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'Green News Report' - October 30, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 12.30.2012 | Green

Read More: Floods, Frankenstorm, Pesticides, Green Jobs, Michael Mann, Epa, Renewable Energy, Elections 2012, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Presidential Debates, Green Energy, Coal, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Andrew Cuomo, Video, Gasoline Prices, Hurricane Sandy, Germany, Fossil Fuels, Americans for Prosperity, Big Oil, Colony Collapse Disorder, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Pollution Regulation, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Chris Christie, Fema, Cato Institute, Gmos, Fukushima, Climate, Mitt Romney, Carbon Dioxide, Earthquake, Environmentalism, Democrats, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, Frontline, Koch Brothers, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Keystone XL Pipeline, Oil, Green News, Sustainability, Hillary Clinton, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Green News

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Storm Forces Nuclear Power Plant To Shut Down Unit

AP | RAY HENRY | Posted 12.29.2012 | Green

Read More: Joe Delver, Oyster Creek, Natural Disasters, Nuclear Power, Nuclear-Power, Superstorm Sandy Nuclear Plants, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Entergy Corp, Video, Nuclear Power Plants, Hurricane Sandy, Public Service Enterprise Group, Paula DuPont-Kidd, Nrc, Superstorm Sandy, Indian Point, Green News

ATLANTA — Superstorm Sandy forced three nuclear reactors to close by playing havoc with cooling water and electrical lines, but the nuclear indu...

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'Green News Report' - October 25, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 12.25.2012 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Pesticides, Green Jobs, Michael Mann, Epa, Renewable Energy, Elections 2012, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Presidential Debates, Green Energy, Coal, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Video, Gasoline Prices, Germany, Fossil Fuels, Americans for Prosperity, Big Oil, Colony Collapse Disorder, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Pollution Regulation, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Cato Institute, Gmos, Fukushima, Climate, Mitt Romney, Carbon Dioxide, Earthquake, Environmentalism, Democrats, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, Frontline, Koch Brothers, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Keystone XL Pipeline, Oil, Green News, Sustainability, Hillary Clinton, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Frankenstorm, Green News

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'Green News Report' - October 23, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 12.23.2012 | Green

Read More: Pesticides, Green Jobs, Epa, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Green Energy, Video, Gasoline Prices, Germany, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Pollution Regulation, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Climate, Mitt Romney, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Democrats, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Keystone XL Pipeline, Oil, Green News, Sustainability, Hillary Clinton, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Wind Power, Michael Mann, Elections 2012, Nuclear, Presidential Debates, Coal, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Americans for Prosperity, Colony Collapse Disorder, Gmos, Cato Institute, Fukushima, Earthquake, Frontline, Koch Brothers, Green News

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Leaked Report Suggests Long-Known Flood Threat To Nuke Plants

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 10.20.2012 | Green

Read More: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Video, Fukushima Dai-Chi, Union of Concerned Scientists, Nuclear Power, South Carolina, Lake Jocassee, Duke Energy, Nuclear Safety, Oconee-Nuclear-Station, Jocassee Dam, Oconee Nuclear Station, Nrc, Green News

An un-redacted version of a recently released Nuclear Regulatory Commission report highlights the threat that flooding poses to nuclear power plants l...

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Republicans Reject Union Workers But Respect Union Refs

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 12.01.2012 | Business

Republicans' reaction to last week's Monday Night Football debacle was record-breaking given their decades of hating on union workers.

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U.S. Okays Plans To Build Uranium Enrichment Plant

AP | EMERY P. DALESIO | Posted 11.25.2012 | Green

Read More: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Video, Nc Uranium Enrichment Plant, Nuclear Program, Uranium Enrichment, North Carolina Uranium Enrichment Plant, Uranium Enrichment Plant, Uranium Enrichment Plant Nc, Uranium Enrichment Plant North Carolina, Nuclear-Weapons, Nuclear-Power, Ap, Green News

RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — A nuclear power partnership of General Electric Co. and Tokyo-based Hitachi Ltd. received federal approval Tuesday to...

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Nuclear Meltdown Threat Cover-Up?

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 09.15.2012 | Green

Read More: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Foia, Video, Upstream Dams, Dams, Nuclear Power, Nrc, Flooding, Green News

In a letter submitted Friday afternoon to internal investigators at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, a whistleblower engineer within the agency accu...

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