Reactor Licensing & Regulation

Almost all U.S. nuclear plants at top regs performance, NRC says

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Nearly all of the commercial nuclear power reactors in the U.S. meet the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s highest regulatory standards, the agency said in a press release this week.
NRC has issued its 2021 performance reports to all 93 of the country’s operating…

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Wrap Up: DOE’s advanced reactor grants; CT weighing partial nuke ban repeal; Humboldt ISFSI hearing requests open

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