The decommissioning of America's Rocky Flats facility and the disposal of resulting waste was the main factor in a four-tonne reduction in US plutonium stocks over the last 15 years.
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's new chair, Allison Macfarlane, began her term yesterday. She is the 33rd appointee to lead the body.
The merger of Duke Energy and Progress Energy is complete, resulting in a massive nuclear utility boasting 7.1 million customers in three regions of the southeast and midwest USA.
Gregory Jaczko did not exceed his authority as chairman of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission during the Fukushima crisis, although he intimidated staff and gave 'inconsistent' evidence to a Congressional hearing, an investigation has concluded.
A US district court judge has rejected most of the legal challenges against the radioactive materials licence for Energy Fuels' planned Pinon Ridge uranium mill, but has ruled that the licence must be set aside pending a public hearing.
The decommissioning of America's Rocky Flats facility and the disposal of resulting waste was the main factor in a four-tonne reduction in US plutonium stocks over the last 15 years. _66x48.jpg "Macfarlane oath, July 2012 (NRC) 66x48")
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's new chair, Allison Macfarlane, began her term yesterday. She is the 33rd appointee to lead the body.
Nuclear regulators in the USA and Canada are investigating an incident at a Canadian uranium refinery when the lid of a drum containing uranium oxide from a plant in the USA blew off, leading to the exposure of three workers to airborne uranium._48x62.jpg "Duke Energy and Progress Energy's service areas (Duke Energy) 48x62")
The merger of Duke Energy and Progress Energy is complete, resulting in a massive nuclear utility boasting 7.1 million customers in three regions of the southeast and midwest USA.
The attorney general of the state of Massachusetts has filed an appeal with a US court against the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) decision to relicense the Pilgrim nuclear power plant. Meanwhile, environmental groups are calling on the NRC to delay final reactor licensing decisions until it has studied the environmental impacts of its policy for on-site used fuel storage.
A US district court judge has rejected most of the legal challenges against the radioactive materials licence for Energy Fuels' planned Pinon Ridge uranium mill, but has ruled that the licence must be set aside pending a public hearing.
NuStart Energy Development has announced that it is to disband now that it has achieved its twin objectives of obtaining a construction and operating licence for a new reactor in the USA and completing the design engineering for Westinghouse AP1000 reactor technology.