Whatever one thinks of that project, the NRC was not the way to kill it.
We have not heard the latest in information from the NRC or from the Japanese government.
The Commission notes that an Alert is the second lowest of four NRC action levels.
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The NRC approved an early version of the reactor, called the AP1000, in early 2006.
But I would just refer you to the NRC and the Department of Energy for this.
After the plant was finished, they would ask the NRC for an operating license.
Diesel generators were supplying electricity to the plant, which was stable, the NRC said.
But I think our Energy and NRC colleagues are better positioned to give the scientific assessment.
The NRC is coordinating its actions with other Federal agencies as part of the U.S. government response.
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The NRC is in direct communications with North Anna and is coordinating its response with other federal agencies.
Later this year, NRC expects the deluge of applications to actually build and operate new reactors to begin.
From 2007 to 2010, the NRC received 18 nuclear applications ( of which only twelve are still active).
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"We are a long way from applying all the lessons learned from Japan, " said Gregory Jaczko, the NRC's chairman.
The NRC still hasn't signed off on Westinghouse's improvements, though Southern and Westinghouse say they expect approval next year.
Long-time nuclear engineer and safety expert Joseph Somsel recently discussed the NRC guidelines.
Plant personnel and NRC resident inspectors are continuing to examine plant conditions .
All three units at Palo Verde are currently in compliance with NRC regulations.
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The NRC said that the plant, which is in a regularly scheduled outage, declared the Alert at 8:45 p.m.
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The NRC is downplaying its task force's most important recommendation and potentially undermining efforts to improve U.S. reactor safety.
Critics, who waged a long battle to stop the NRC approval, said they were disappointed in the commission's action.
As a former commissioner at the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Peter Bradford knows something about nuclear power accidents.
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The NRC guidance divides the lower 48 United States into three regions as to wind speed, missile size, depressurization, etc.
The NRC is also monitoring Unusual Events, the lowest emergency classification, declared at several other Eastern U.S. nuclear power plants.
In a slide show presented by the NRC at a public hearing in 2007, the NRC made the following observations.
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By March, 2007, Palo Verde had become the least safe plant in the United States, according to NRC rankings.
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There have been no releases of radiation harmful to the public from this cask storage, or contamination, the NRC says.
The NRC tracks and monitors daily requests for information about the U.S. nuclear infrastructure from local, state and federal agencies.
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Prior to the events in Japan, the safety and security of American reactors was the primary mission of the NRC.
America courts disaster if the NRC does not remain above the most blatant political gerrymandering, on both sides of the aisle.
Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, and colleagues like former NRC Chair Gregory Jackzo, vowed never to allow this repository to open.
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