NRC: Listen to All of Idaho!

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will release the draft Environmental Impact Statement on the uranium enrichment plant Areva wants to build in eastern Idaho sometime in July. The NRC has already scheduled a hearing on the draft for August 12 in Idaho Falls. But it...

Reactors Prone to Long Closings, Study Finds

New York Times, September 18, 2006 Reactors Prone to Long Closings, Study Finds By MATTHEW L. WALD An analysis of nuclear reactors by a safety group has found that they are prone to costly, lengthy shutdowns for safety problems regardless of their age or the...

NRC postpones weapons nuke waste meeting

NRC postpones weapons nuke waste meeting UPI August 30, 2006 By Ben Lando U.S. nuclear regulators have postponed a Thursday meeting with the U.S. Energy Department in an ongoing dispute over the disposal of nuclear weapons waste. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission...