Reactor Licensing & Regulation

NRC Rejects Petition on Post-Fukushima Spent Fuel Monitoring

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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has denied a petition from a retired Department of Energy physicist calling for the agency to mandate increased monitoring of nuclear plants’ spent nuclear fuel pools and reactors to prevent a disaster similar to the 2011 Fukushima…

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Round Up: Bluecore raises $50 million for maritime technology; NRC to review Dominion’s ESP renewal; NRC’s plans workshop on AI maturity

Long Beach, Calif.-based maritime nuclear startup Bluecore Energy raised $50 million in seed funding this week. The seed round is the first official stage of fundraising from outside investors for a startup company. Bluecore, founded in 2025, said in its Tuesday… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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