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• A tale of two speeches

  NRC Commissioners talk about Yucca Mountain The New York Times has excellent coverage this week of two speeches by NRC Commissioners Gregory Jazcko (right) and Dale Klein.  What’s significant about them is that both proceed from the point of view of the chairman’s role.  Jazcko is the current chair and Dale Klein is the past chair.  Although still a member of the Commission, Klein will... Posted Mar 11 2010, 12:33 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Dale Klein, NRC, Yucca Mountain, Gregory Jaczko, speech, yucca

• Nuclear energy news comes on Fridays

  It’s the slowest day in the weekly news cycle except Saturday The White House has announced a new nomination for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to replace outgoing former chairman Dale Klein. Bill Ostendorff is currently the Director of the Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy and Director of the Board on Global Science and Technology at the National Academies.  He came... Posted Dec 11 2009, 01:27 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: blog, nuclear, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Dale Klein, NRC, chairman

• Westinghouse gets a scare from NRC

  Halloween comes early for the AP1000 Westinghouse engineers are burning the midnight oil in Pittsburgh this week, and it’s not because they are filling trick-of-treat goodie bags.  The reason is the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ( NRC ) threw a scare into the company and with it set teeth on edge at five U.S. power utilities and two provinces in China. What happened is that the NRC appears to... Posted Oct 18 2009, 12:12 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: China, Westinghouse, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Toshiba, NRC, AP1000, shaw group, design

• Dale Klein to step down from NRC

  Former chairman asks President Obama to fill his seat NRC Commissioner Dale Klein (left) has submitted his resignation to  President Barack Obama.  Klein also committed to serve in his post until his successor takes office.  His term expires in June 2011. In his letter Klein wrote he looks forward to returning to private life.  He welcomes the President’s recent announcement of... Posted Oct 16 2009, 11:52 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Dale Klein, NRC, klein, exit, step down, retire

• Obama names two for NRC

  The commissioner seats have been open for some time Both appointments have been rumored for some time.  Last July the New York Times published an assessment by Climate Wire. Business groups were reported to be worried that with the appointment to the NRC of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's former aide Gregory Jaczko , who brings a tilt toward anti-nuclear green groups, that further appointments... Posted Oct 10 2009, 02:08 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: nuclear, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NRC, nuclear blogs, obama, seats

• UAE creates nuclear regulatory agency

  Government action is a necessary precursor to award of $40 billion in nuclear reactor construction The Wall Street Journal reports an independent nuclear regulatory body has been set up in the United Arab Emirates ( UAE ) under a new law that paves the way for up to $40 billion in new nuclear reactor construction. The UAE's cabinet appointed a board of management for the new regulatory body. The... Posted Oct 05 2009, 11:25 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: nuclear, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NRC, IAEA, New Nuclear Plants, UAE, legislation, power, united arab emirates, International Atomic Energy Agency, ENERGY

• NRC rule - no rabbits out of a hat

  NRC’s Dale Klein says the agency must be clear about what it does and how it explains its decisions to the public Dale Klein, currently a Commissioner at the Nuclear Regulatory  Commission ( NRC ), and its former chairman under the previous administration, has two objectives for his agency. He said in a wide-ranging interview with this blog on Sept 24 that he wants the NRC "be to be the agency... Posted Sep 25 2009, 11:53 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NRC, opinion, klein, chairman

• NRC workshop on small reactors Oct 8-9

  It’s open to the public and includes real-time online access Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will hold a workshop at the agency headquarters in Rockville, Md., on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 8 and 9, to discuss generic issues regarding potential applications for so-called “small and medium-sized” nuclear reactors. The workshop will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 8, and from 8:30 a.m. to noon... Posted Sep 19 2009, 03:06 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NRC, small reactors, workshop

• First wave or second wave?

  Some reactor projects at the front of the line might be better off moving to the back If you add up the number of new reactors with license applications  submitted to the NRC, what you get are way too many projects chasing not nearly enough capital much less sufficient  manufacturing capability to build the plants.  A quick look the numbers tells us success for the U.S. nuclear industry... Posted Aug 04 2009, 11:18 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: NRC, construction, projects, manufacturing, reactor

• GE-Hitachi files with NRC for laser enrichment plant

  If licensed it will be the 4th uranium enrichment plant slated for start-up by 2014 The clock is ticking on the U.S. Russian “ Megatons-to-Megawatts ” program which ends in 2013.  Once it wraps up there could be as many as four uranium enrichment plants slated for start-up in 2014. There could not be a clearer signal that investors see the U.S. nuclear industry expanding than the commitments to... Posted Jul 05 2009, 12:39 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: NRC, GE Hitachi, laser

• Short week news stack for 7/03/09

  Ameren calls it quits Ameren switched gears this week asking the NRC to stop its review of the utility’s license application for a new nuclear power plant at Callaway, MO.  The action by Ameren probably means the Callaway II new nuclear build is dead.  It is an exasperating defeat for pro-nuclear business groups in Missouri. The experience had all the grace and finesse of a state fair demolition... Posted Jul 04 2009, 02:35 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: NRC, Callaway, Ameren

• Nuclear news roundup for 6/27/09

  News comes in three forms – good, bad, and ugly – catching up from spending a week of live blogging from ANS Atlanta NRC cites utility shortfalls – says no free rides for decommissioning funds The Wall Street Journal reported June 20 that six nuclear utilities have until the end of calendar year 2009 to explain how they will make up the shortfall in their decommissioning funds.  Another 12 firms... Posted Jun 27 2009, 01:18 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: NRC, ANS, news round up

• Change NRC cost recovery rule for small reactors

  A modest proposal to avoid killing off innovative reactor designs due to cost recovery for design certification reviews In a widely read OP ED published in the Wall Street Journal on June 25, Bob Metcalfe , a well-known entrepreneur and venture capitalist, complained about the “high costs and astronomical risks” of the design certification process at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ( NRC ). ... Posted Jun 26 2009, 05:57 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: NRC, small reactors, editorial

• Pace of NRC license reviews aired at ANS

  The nuclear industry is not happy about some aspects of the process One of the more significant misconceptions about licensing a new nuclear power  plant is that if you throw more money at the Nuclear Regulatoy Agency (NRC), it will speed up the approval process for new reactor projects and designs.  This turns out to be wrong.  The license applicants and reactor vendors want the NRC... Posted Jun 18 2009, 11:26 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: NRC, ANS, meeting

• Areva doubles its bet in Idaho

  NRC license application for Idaho Eagle Rock uranium enrichment plant will change Areva Enrichment Services will ask the NRC to change  its license application to double the capacity of the planned $2.4 billion ‘ Eagle Rock ’ Enrichment Facility in Idaho Falls.  The change in the license application was reported April 22 by the Idaho Business Review (IBR) and by World Nuclear News in London... Posted Apr 22 2009, 06:48 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Areva, NRC, enrichment