Reactor Licensing & Regulation

NRC must stay independent of advanced nukes hype, chair Hanson says at regs conference

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Autonomy is one of the nuclear regulator’s most important assets, especially where developing nuclear technology is concerned, the chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said this week at a virtual annual conference. 
“In the past few years, as climate…

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Budget compromise for 2022 lowers NE funding

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NRC staff aiming to get final decom rule to commissioners by fall ‘23

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IAEA looking into reports power back at Chernobyl after blackout

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Bolt-On the Back End: 30 minutes with Sam Shakir, President, Westinghouse Environmental Services

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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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