Reactor Licensing & Regulation

NRC recommends doing away with advanced reactor licensing option that industry disliked

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In a Monday memo, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission effectively killed a proposed licensing path for advanced nuclear reactors that industry and some lawmakers said was too burdensome.
The decision was a step in the commission’s Part 53 rulemaking that will create…

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