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NRC ends work on three proposed rules for securing spent fuel
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday announced it was discontinuing three rulemaking activities intended to enhance the security of a deep geologic repository and the protection of spent nuclear fuel.
The NRC said that, among other reasons, it has decided not to proceed with the previously proposed rules due to a change in agency priorities resulting from President Trump’s Executive Order (EO) 14300, “Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.”
International Conference on Physics of Reactors 2022 Plenary SPeaker
IAEA
Stefano Monti joined the IAEA in 2011. He is currently the Head of the Nuclear Power Technology Development Section in the Department of Nuclear Energy. The Section provides support to Member States and stakeholders for the technology development and deployment of advanced nuclear reactors, including Small Modular Reactors (SMR), as well as non-electric applications of nuclear power.
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