Reactor Licensing & Regulation

Full Force-on-Force Inspections for Nuke Plants Return in 2022, NRC Stays Flexible

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Although the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is planning to return to a pre-pandemic posture for its antiterrorism inspections at nuclear power plants, the agency will still allow exceptions to licensees who can prove the public health emergency is still causing…

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