Green Options » Nuclear Regulatory Commission http://greenoptions.com/tag/nuclear-regulatory-commission Posts tagged 'Nuclear Regulatory Commission' Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:59:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en DOE Files Application To Build Nuclear Repository. http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/06/04/doe-files-application-to-build-nuclear-repository/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/06/04/doe-files-application-to-build-nuclear-repository/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:59:37 +0000 Max Lindberg http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/06/04/doe-files-application-to-build-nuclear-repository/ yucca-map.jpg

As promised in a podcast interview on February 11th,
Edward Sproat, manager of the Yucca Mountain project in Nevada, filed a license application with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to construct a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/06/04/doe-files-application-to-build-nuclear-repository/feed/ Three Mile Island Seeks License Extension for Reactor that Didn’t Melt Down http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/02/29/three-mile-island-seeks-license-extension-for-reactor-that-didnt-melt-down/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/02/29/three-mile-island-seeks-license-extension-for-reactor-that-didnt-melt-down/#comments Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:40:35 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/02/29/three-mile-island-seeks-license-extension-for-reactor-that-didnt-melt-down/ The Three Mile Island nuclear power facility. (Photo by U.S. Department of Energy.)The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) plans to hold two public hearings next week on a request to extend the operating license for reactor 1 at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant.

The afternoon and evening hearings are set for Tuesday, March 4, in Middletown, Pennsylvania.

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]]> http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/02/29/three-mile-island-seeks-license-extension-for-reactor-that-didnt-melt-down/feed/ The Lindberg Report Podcast: Yucca Mountain: The Nevada Case, Part One http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/01/21/yucca-mountain-the-nevada-case-part-1/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/01/21/yucca-mountain-the-nevada-case-part-1/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:44:42 +0000 Max Lindberg http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/01/21/yucca-mountain-the-nevada-case-part-1/ bob_loux_19981.jpgI’ve been going on for some time now about the nuclear industry, the possibility of more nuclear power stations going online, and especially what to do with radioactive waste that’s been piling up for 50 years.

The answer to the waste situation was supposed to have been Yucca Mountain, a remote natural structure some 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. Since it’s inception nearly 25 years ago, Nevadans have fought creation of a long-term storage facility in their back yard.

I wanted to know more about Nevada’s opposition to the Yucca Mountain project, so I picked up the phone and talked with Robert Loux, Executive Director of the Agency for Nuclear Projects in Nevada. He’s been going head-to-head with the DOE and other agencies for a long time, and has some interesting things to say about the project and the DOE.

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/01/21/yucca-mountain-the-nevada-case-part-1/feed/ Tell it to the Fudge http://ecoscraps.com/2008/01/16/tell-it-to-the-fudge/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/01/16/tell-it-to-the-fudge/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:10:59 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecoscraps.com/2008/01/16/tell-it-to-the-fudge/ A plate of chocolate brownies.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission reports that a nuclear plant worker in Vermont was suspended after testing positive for drugs; the worker blamed the test results on brownies served at a party that he didn’t know were laced with marijuana.

Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

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