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It is a first of a kind webinar for the Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission The American Nuclear Society ( ANS ), in coordination with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ( NRC ), announces a live online webinar for nuclear bloggers on Tuesday, October 4, 2011, from 11 AM - 12 Noon...

New U.S. reactor projects could languish if anti-nuclear groups succeed in pushing ’ Fukushima “Concerns” to stall the AP1000 Certification This is my updated coverage in Fuel Cycle Week for June 23, 2011, V10:N430 published by International Nuclear Associates, Washington, DC The four nuclear reactors...

Relicensing puts the Ohio reactor in the cross-hairs of its opponents This is my updated coverage published in Fuel Cycle Week V10;N412, April 21, 2011, by International Nuclear Associates, Washington, DC Trouble is coming to the Davis-Besse nuclear power station. The political waves from hydrogen explosions...

US NRC: Global nuclear energy revival expected NRC Commissioner William C. Ostendorff speaks to Energy IQs Bryan Camoens on why international cooperation is valuable when it comes to nuclear energy. Commissioner Ostendorff also touches on the lack of skilled nuclear related workers and why massive growth...

NRC and ANS announcements point to a brighter future for licensing innovative technologies Two developments in the normally quiet week prior to the end of summer Labor Day weekend show the future of small nuclear reactors could be brighter than the past. There’s a new point person at the Nuclear Regulatory...

Boise hearing on Areva’s uranium enrichment plant becomes target over time The agenda released by the NRC for the August 9 Boise, ID, hearing on the draft environmental impact statement for Areva’s Eagle Rock Enrichment Facility includes a 25 minute block of time for the decidedly anti-nuclear Snake...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...