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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Markey-Mark and the Nukey Bunch GAO Finds Shortage of Money for Closing Atomic Reactors		03 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Markey-Mark and the Nukey Bunch GAO Finds Shortage of Money for Closing Atomic Reactors Nearly half of the nuclear-reactor owners in the U.S. are not setting aside sufficient money to decommission the plants when they are shuttered, according to a report by the General Accounting Office. As a result, 42 plants might not have enough money to be safely shut down. "While happ ...
Topics: Government Accountability Office, nuclear power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (all these topics)

A Low-level Blow Bush Plans to Loosen Rules for Radwaste Disposal		18 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
A Low-level Blow Bush Plans to Loosen Rules for Radwaste Disposal Radioactive waste may be coming soon to a dump near you, brought to you by -- you guessed it -- the Bush administration. The U.S. EPA is proposing a significant rule change that would let the nuclear industry dispose of low-level radwaste at commonplace dumps and hazardous waste sites that weren't designed to handle it. The cha ...
Topics: nuclear power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

In a Moment of Leakness		21 Apr 2003	Daily Grist
In a Moment of Leakness A baffling leak has been discovered at one of the newest nuclear reactors in the U.S. The South Texas Nuclear Project, 90 miles southwest of Houston, was discovered to have leaked cooling water from its large reactor vessel, a problem that experts have never before encountered. "This is the first time it's been seen, either here or abroad," said Victor Dr ...
Topics: health, nuclear power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Ohio, Texas (all these topics)

Just Goshute Me		19 Dec 2002	Daily Grist
Just Goshute Me The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said yesterday that it was not responsible for evaluating the potential environmental impacts of a terrorist attack on a proposed nuclear-waste storage facility in western Utah. Opponents of the $3.1 billion facility, which would be located about 45 miles southwest of Salt Lake City on sovereign lands belonging to Skull Valley Go ...
Topics: nuclear power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, pollution and waste, Utah (all these topics)

On Guard		21 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
On Guard An effort to beef up safety at U.S. nuclear power plants by requiring guards to work 12-hour shifts instead of eight may be backfiring: The guards, who have been working the longer shifts since Sept. 11, 2001, report that they are tired, prone to error, and, well, in a bad mood. The long hours have led some to lash out at coworkers, fail to lock doors, leave keys or weapons unsecured, fo ...
Topics: nuclear power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, United States (all these topics)

Gambling on the Courts		28 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
Gambling on the Courts Armed with $4 million, the state of Nevada is preparing for the legal battle of a lifetime: the effort to keep the federal government from establishing a high-level radioactive waste dump at Yucca Mountain. Charles Cooper, one member of the high-profile legal team retained by the state, said yesterday that he was "very encouraged" about Nevada's prosp ...
Topics: Nevada, nuclear power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Safety Dance, Part Two Is the U.S. nuclear industry writing its own ticket on security?	Shelley Smithson	28 Mar 2002	Main Dish
Over the last 15 years, the nuclear power industry has lobbied the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Congress to weaken security requirements at atomic plants, even as the threat of terrorism has grown. But in reality, as Shelley Smithson shows in Part I of this series, nuclear energy security is already poor. In drills conducted by the NRC over the last decade, guards at nearl ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, nuclear power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, politics, United States (all these topics)

Nuke Security: Bar None?		28 Mar 2002	Daily Grist

Topics: nuclear power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (all these topics)

Holy Toledo!		27 Mar 2002	Daily Grist
Holy Toledo! The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has ordered the operators of nearly 70 nuclear power plants to report back by Friday on whether the reactors at their facilities are safe to keep in operation. The order came after regulators discovered that acid in cooling water had almost burned through a six-inch lid on a reactor in Ohio. At the Davis-Besse nuclear power station, a 25-year-old plant near Tol ...
Topics: nuclear power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (all these topics)

Safety Dance, Part One How secure are U.S. nuclear power plants?	Shelley Smithson	26 Mar 2002	Main Dish
Roughly 40 miles from the rubble of the World Trade Center, U.S. Navy cutters patrol the chilly waters of the Hudson River. Military planes circle overhead. On the ground, members of the National Guard stand ready. The Indian Point nuclear power station, which churns out electricity to nearly 2 million homes around New York City, is defended by land, sea, and air. Yet many people -- and especiall ...
Topics: air pollution, energy, health, New York, nuclear power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, politics, United States (all these topics)

No-fry Zone		02 Oct 2001	Daily Grist
No-fry Zone An unidentified plane flew close to the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station on Sep. 13, but fighter jets sent to track the plane down never found it, Vermont Gov. Howard Dean (D) said yesterday. Dean and other lawmakers across the country are calling on the Bush administration to create no-fly zones around all 103 nuclear plants in the U.S., fearing that the plants are easy ...
Topics: nuclear power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, United States, Vermont (all these topics)

Of Fuel Rods and Lightning Rods		24 Sep 2001	Daily Grist
Of Fuel Rods and Lightning Rods Even before the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, government inspectors had found security to be inadequate at the U.S.'s 103 nuclear plants. From 1991 to 2000, nearly half of the 68 plants tested showed "a potential vulnerability" to terrorists. Now, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has reversed claims it made right after the attacks that t ...
Topics: nuclear power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (all these topics)

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