The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with protecting public health and...
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has divided the US territory into four regions: These four regions oversee the operation of 104 power-producing reactors...
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Three Mile Island accident (redirect from Three Mile Island nuclear accident)
water. The closure of these valves was a violation of a key Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) rule, according to which the reactor must be shut down...
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could surpass the United States in nuclear energy production. As of October 2014,[update] the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) had granted license renewals...
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the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has often been too timid in ensuring that America's 104 commercial reactors are operated safely: Nuclear power...
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commercial nuclear energy when, on March 28, 1979, TMI-2 suffered a partial meltdown. According to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) report...
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the Energy Research and Development Administration and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. On August 4, 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed into law the...
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activities. For FY18, the DOE requested $120 million and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) $30 million from Congress to continue licensing activities...
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term nuclear meltdown is not officially defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency or by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. It has...
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south of San Clemente, California, on the Pacific coast, in Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region IV. The plant was shut down in 2013 after defects were...
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Executive Schedule (section Boards and commissions)
Director of Nuclear Regulatory Research, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Executive Director for Operations, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Deputy Director...
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staffing. Seabrook Station was also granted regulatory exemptions from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to aid in its preventative efforts against the...
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at times been placed on enhanced examination status by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. In 1999, Northeast Utilities, the plant's operator at the time...
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design in final form by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. GE and Hitachi officially established the GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) global alliance...
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to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Davis–Besse Nuclear Power Station has been the source of two of the top five most dangerous nuclear incidents...
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December 2019 is not a Nuclear Regulatory Commission permit. It is the "first and only permit ever issued in the U.S. to a nuclear plant using something...
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According to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Davis–Besse has been the source of two of the top five most dangerous nuclear incidents in the United...
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Richmond area and to Northern Virginia. In March 2003, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved 20 year license extensions for both Units 1 & 2.[needs...
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Apollo affair (redirect from Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation)
do so." In February 1976 the CIA briefed senior staff at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) about the matter, stating that the CIA believed the missing...
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completed in 1972 and 1973. In 2002, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) extended the operating licenses for both nuclear reactors from forty years to sixty...
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Indian Point Energy Center (redirect from Indian Point nuclear power plant)
respectively. Entergy had applied for license extensions and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) was moving toward granting a twenty-year extension for...
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Unit 2, Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2, Nuclear Regulatory Commission. [8], Entergy Nuclear. [9], Entergy Nuclear. "NRC: Emergency...
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission (JNRC) (Arabic هيئة تنظيم العمل الإشعاعي والنووي) was established in 2007 as a successor to the former Jordan Nuclear Energy...
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temperature. The 600 ft concrete chimney vents gases. In 2006, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) renewed the licenses for all three reactors, extending...
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Gregory Jaczko (category Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials)
chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) from 2005 to 2012. While at the NRC, he voted against the opening of new nuclear plants; an inspector...
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concrete building on plant property. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission defines two emergency planning zones around nuclear power plants: a plume exposure pathway...
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(2010) The Lean Guide to Nuclear Energy: A Life-Cycle in Trouble (2007) Licensed to Kill? The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Shoreham Power Plant...
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accident. On November 16, 2006, the operator applied to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a renewal and extension of the plant's operating license...
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Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (redirect from Vogtle Nuclear Generating Station)
natural-draft tower and two NSCW towers serve each unit. In 2009, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) renewed the licenses for both units for an additional...
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Diablo Canyon Power Plant (redirect from Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant)
instance per 7.6 million reactor years. The plant is located in Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region IV. In 2016, PG&E announced that it plans to close the...
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