Reactor Licensing & Regulation

EPA Comments on Northwest Isotope Reactor Plan

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Karl Herchenroeder
RW Monitor
01/22/16
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 7 is urging the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to consider all significant environmental impacts before licensing Northwest Medical Isotopes’ plan to build a medical…

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Virginia SCC staff calls for rejection of NextEra, Dominion proposed merger in current form

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Three universities form advanced nuclear workforce consortium

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NRC starts shopping for vendor help with force-on-force inspections

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