posts tagged as Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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October 2023
The shuttered Palisades nuclear power plant in southwest Michigan may be reopened if regulators approve it. The 80-megawatt plant has been closed...
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June 2021
The reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel allows more energy to be gained from the same amount of fissile material, produces less waste,...
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October 2020
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) concluded a comment period last Friday on Emergency Preparedness for Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), and Other New...
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November 2019
Government regulations often encompass far more than they were initially intended to, and that is especially true in the energy space. Many...
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September 2019
The barriers to nuclear waste disposal in the United States are primarily political rather than technical. The United States currently has more...
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October 2018
Competition from natural gas and renewable energy has forced the retirement of existing nuclear plants in the United States. Out of the...