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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

• Vermont Senate votes against reactor

  Shumlin thumbs his nose at the White House The New York Times reports that the Vermont Senate has voted 26-4 to deny Entergy’s ( NYSE:ETR ) Vermont Yankee nuclear power station a ‘certificate of public good.” The vote against the plant was led by State Senate leader Peter Shumlin. In effect, the legislature has entered uncharted waters seeking to impose itself on the federal government’s legal authority... Posted Feb 24 2010, 06:35 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Vermont Yankee Nuclear, Peter Shumlin

• 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

• Exclusive interview with NRC's Dale Klein

  Direct from the annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society and exclusive to the Energy Collective In a first ever sit-down one-on-one interview with a nuclear energy blogger, Dale Klein , former chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ( NRC ), answered questions about the key issues of his tenure at the NRC. Klein continues to serve at the NRC. His term expires in 2011. The interview... Posted Jun 15 2009, 06:02 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Dale Klein

• Dale Klein to stay on at NRC

  Dan Packer, former Entergy CEO, is a candidate for the NRC’s open seat Platts reports that NRC Chairman Dale Klein (right) says he plans to remain at the agency, either as chairman or as a commissioner, and he has not been told by President-elect Barack Obama's administration transition team that he will be replaced as chairman. Klein told Platts at a Jan 14 press event at an energy industry conference... Posted Jan 18 2009, 04:16 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Dale Klein, Entergy, Dan Packer

• Uranium mining permits go 'generic'

  NRC tries to cover a lot of ground by combining environmental issues for in-situ recovery The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's work on a " generic " environmental study, which will be used in licensing reviews of in-situ leach (ISL) mining operations, probably comes too late for the folks at Powertech ( TSE:PWE ), a Canadian firm planning to permit an ISL mine near Nunn, Colo, about 15... Posted Jul 29 2008, 09:53 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, in-situ uranium leach

• Energy budgets boost nuclear power for 2009

  DOE & NRC see increases in key nuclear programs Today was budget day for the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Both agencies unveiled budgets for FY 2009 that support new nuclear power plants. That's good news. The challenges ahead include two U.S. Senators, both Democrats, running for President and both need environmental votes and cash to make it to the finish line... Posted Feb 05 2008, 10:51 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Department of Energy, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Dennis Spurgeon

• NRC expects a flood of new reactors

  The count is at 29 reactors at 20 sites in three years The Associated Press reports Federal regulators, girding for explosive growth in the nuclear power industry, say they are weeks away from an anticipated flood of license applications for new reactors not seen since the 1970s. The agency expects to receive new fast-tracked combined construction and operating license applications for as many as 29... Posted Sep 08 2007, 11:12 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• Edward McGaffigan Jr

  Edward McGaffigan Jr., the longest serving member of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and a public servant for more than 31 years, died today at Capital Hospice in Arlington, Va., after a long battle with melanoma. He was 58. A Boston native and self-described John Kennedy Democrat, McGaffigan was appointed to the Commission by President Clinton in 1996 and 2000, and by President Bush in... Posted Sep 03 2007, 09:40 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Edward McGaffigan Jr., Nuclear Regulatory Commission