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[Washington, DC] The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Atomic Safety Licensing Board took a step towards granting a hearing to a coalition of public interest groups today by re-admitting a contention focused on the severely corroded containment which now remains at issue in the 20-year license extension for the Oyster Creek nuclear generating station. “We are pleased…

Trenton, NJ – Stop the License Renewal of Oyster Creek (STROC), a coalition of six citizen, consumer and environmental groups joined Representatives Saxton and Smith to demand a probe into the NRC’s failure to ensure Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant’s safety. Congressmen Saxton, Smith, Andrews, and Holt wrote a letter to the NRC, criticizing them for…

Relying on narrow and confusing definitions, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has officially asserted its decision to exempt the nation’s 103 large nuclear power reactors from a Y2K compliance standard. Y2K readiness is the NRC’s choice which allows for work-arounds and other short cuts. Testing of systems to show Y2K readiness is suggested, but not required.…