The Party Line – September 30, 2011: No Will, No Way: Nuclear Problems...
As September drew to a close, residents of southwest Michigan found themselves taking in a little extra tritium, thanks to their daily habit of breathing (h/t emptywheel). The tritium was courtesy of...
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NRC Chair Jaczko: Events Like Fukushima Too Rare to Require Immediate Changes
NRC Chair Gregory Jaczko (photo: Gabrielle Pffaflin/TalkMediaNews) For those that think nothing has changed in United States regulation since the Japanese earthquake and tsunami started the ongoing...
View ArticleThe Party Line – October 28, 2011: NRC Moves to Adopt Fukushima...
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted last week to implement recommendations from the Near-Term Task Force Review of Insights from the Fukushima Daiichi Accident (PDF), and to do so “without...
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As World Honors Fukushima Victims, NRC Gives Them a One-Fingered Salute
Sign from Fukushima commemoration and anti-nuclear power rally, Union Square Park, NYC, 3/11/12. (photo: G. Levine) Nearly a week after the first anniversary of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami that...
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Court Says Regulators Must Evaluate Dangers of Nuclear Waste
A nuclear spent fuel pool. (photo: NRCgov) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission acted improperly when it failed to consider all the risks of storing spent radioactive fuel onsite at the nation’s nuclear...
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NRC Halts License Approvals Pending New Guidelines on Nuclear Waste
A nuclear spent fuel pool. (photo: NRCgov) The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced Tuesday it would suspend the issuing of new reactor operating licenses, license renewals and construction...
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Alert Declared at Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant
Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station (photo courtesy of NRC) The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission is reporting that an “alert” has been declared at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in...
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Oyster Creek Nuclear Alert: As Floodwaters Fall, More Questions Arise
Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in pre-flood mode. (photo: NRCgov) New Jersey’s Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station remains under an official Alert, a day-and-a-half after the US Nuclear...
View ArticleThe Party Line – August 26, 2011: Virginia Quake Yet Another Wakeup Call for...
Late Thursday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) made this observation over at The Huffington Post: Uninterrupted electricity is essential for nuclear safety. Without electricity, nuclear power plants are...
View ArticleThe Party Line – September 2, 2011: Earthquakes, Hurricane Highlight Serious...
On Friday, August 26, as Hurricane Irene began its slow journey up the US central Atlantic coast, power companies operating 20 nuclear rectors in nine states made plans to deal with the storm and its...
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End-of-Summer News Puts Nuclear Renaissance on Permanent Vacation
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 & 2, near Lusby Maryland. (photo: NRCgov) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission cannot issue a license for the construction and operation of a new nuclear...
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