The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's new chair, Allison Macfarlane, began her term yesterday. She is the 33rd appointee to lead the body.
Gregory Jaczko did not exceed his authority as chairman of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission during the Fukushima crisis, although he intimidated staff and gave 'inconsistent' evidence to a Congressional hearing, an investigation has concluded.
_66x48.jpg "Macfarlane oath, July 2012 (NRC) 66x48")
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's new chair, Allison Macfarlane, began her term yesterday. She is the 33rd appointee to lead the body.
Nuclear plant operator Electrabel has reacted with dismay to a government announcement that two of the country's seven nuclear units will not get a previously promised ten-year licence extension.
Japan has generated its first nuclear electricity in two months after unit 3 of the Ohi plant began supplying power to the grid today. While unit 4 of the plant is expected to resume operation by the end of the month, it is not yet known when the country's other idled reactors will restart.
The attorney general of the state of Massachusetts has filed an appeal with a US court against the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) decision to relicense the Pilgrim nuclear power plant. Meanwhile, environmental groups are calling on the NRC to delay final reactor licensing decisions until it has studied the environmental impacts of its policy for on-site used fuel storage.
The US nuclear regulator has informed Mitsubishi Heavy Industries that a final ruling on design certification of its Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor (APWR) is now likely to be made in 2015 and not in 2014, as previously expected. The delay follows structural changes made to the design by the vendor.
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) did not conduct a sufficiently detailed analysis of issues related to its decision to extend the time that used nuclear fuel can be temporarily stored onsite at power plants, an appeals court has ruled. The NRC must now conduct additional environmental studies and reissue the ruling.
An additional $10 million in funding has been approved for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to complete its review of the licence application for the Yucca Mountain repository. Last year, the NRC shelved the review after funding was slashed.