Reactor Licensing & Regulation

NRC Rejects Petition on Hardening Spent Fuel Storage

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday formally rejected a petition from a California advocacy group to update federal regulations to require toughening of dry-cask storage of spent fuel at nuclear power plants.
The agency said the regulatory infrastructure…

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