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Weaver NRC reappointment gets OK, Senate vote next
The U.S. Senate’s Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee has recommended Douglas Weaver be reappointed to a full five-year term on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission after his current term expires on June 30.
The committee voted 15-4 in support of Weaver’s nomination on Wednesday, clearing the way for a final vote on the Senate floor. If the Senate votes to confirm Weaver, he would serve on the NRC through June 30, 2031.
Yukiharu Ohga, Shunsuke Utena
Nuclear Technology | Volume 64 | Number 3 | March 1984 | Pages 229-236
Technical Paper | Nuclear Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT84-A33352
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A guidance method for the computerized operation support system is being developed to prevent, terminate, or mitigate boiling water reactor (BWR) plant anomalies. The emergency operation guide, which leads the plant to cold shutdown after reactor scram, is provided by the event-oriented method. This method has two major features; an exact identification of initial causes is not required and an effective guide is provided for malfunctions of the plant cooling system. Off-line and on-line simulation for BWR/5 confirms that the method can provide effective guides for the reactor cold shutdown and respond to changes of plant states in real time.