Reactor Licensing & Regulation

NRC Inspecting Criticality Safety Incident at BWXT Facility

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Alissa Tabirian
NS&D Monitor
10/2/2015
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced last Friday it is inspecting BWX Technologies’ (BWXT) Lynchburg, Va., fuel facility following the discovery of a criticality safety incident. The NRC is investigating…

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At Oak Ridge

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NNSA Adds General Atomics to Mo-99 Cost-Sharing Agreement

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Former Y-12 Employee Files Retaliation Complaint Against BWXT

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House Passes NDAA that Champions NNSA Upgrades

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Pantex Labor Negotiations Put on Pause

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HASC Chair Asks DOE to Re-Evaluate Pantex Workers’ Benefits, Blasts “Deplorable” Plant Facilities

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LLNL Pays $37.3M to Settle Lawsuit from Laid-Off Workers

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NNSA: U.S. Team to Visit Category I Foreign Site Hosting HEU Within 6 Months

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NNSA Seeks Industry Comments on Draft RFP for Nonproliferation Project

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NNSA Repatriates Russian-Origin HEU, Making Uzbekistan HEU-Free

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Former LLNL Director Honored With New Award

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At Livermore

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