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High-Temperature neutron flux detectors for Generation IV reactors and SMRs
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is conducting a special inspection at Hope Creek nuclear plant in New Jersey to investigate the cause of repeated inoperability of one of the plant’s emergency diesel generators, the agency announced in a February 25 news release.
NRC opens comment period for fusion regulatory changes
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has taken the next step toward developing fusion regulations, announcing the opening of a 90-day comment period, ending May 27, on a proposed regulatory...
Grand Gulf’s early site permit renewal application on the docket
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has agreed to review an early site permit (ESP) renewal application submitted by Entergy last September for its Grand Gulf site in Mississippi, currently home...
Westinghouse teams with Nordion and PSEG to produce Co-60 at Salem
Westinghouse Electric Company, Nordion, and PSEG Nuclear announced on Tuesday the signing of long-term agreements to establish the first commercial-scale production of cobalt-60 in a U.S....
NRC OKs I&C upgrade for Limerick
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has amended the operating licenses of the two boiling water reactors at Constellation Energy's Limerick nuclear power plant, giving the company the green...
PR: American Nuclear Society welcomes Senate confirmation of Douglas Weaver as NRC commissioner
Senate confirms Douglas Weaver as commissioner for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Nuclear Society (ANS) applauds the U.S. Senate’s confirmation of Douglas Weaver to serve as a commissioner of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC):...
Nuclear power’s new rule book: Managing uncertainty in efficiency, safety, and independence
The U.S. nuclear industry is standing at its most volatile regulatory moment yet—one that will shape the trajectory and the safety of the industry for decades to come. Recent judicial,...
Supplier Showcase focus: License renewals
The American Nuclear Society is hosting a Supplier Showcase webinar, “License Renewal: Smarter, Faster, Better,” tomorrow, September 23, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (ET) on the increasing...
NRC completes environmental review of Dresden SLR
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has found that the environmental impacts of renewing the operating license of the Dresden nuclear power plant outside Chicago, Ill., for an additional 20...
NRC completes environmental review of Peach Bottom, Browns Ferry SLRs
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has found that the environmental impacts of renewing the operating licenses of the Peach Bottom and Browns Ferry nuclear power plants for an additional 20...
Growing nuclear momentum in New Jersey
Enthusiasm is continuing to trend upward in New Jersey this week as industry and government have rallied over the idea of new nuclear capacity in the state....