GAO Report [] determining that the NRC and nuclear industry are falling behind in their accrual of sufficient funds to decommission and clean up radioactive contamination from nuclear power reactor operation.
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GAO Report [] determining that the NRC and nuclear industry are falling behind in their accrual of sufficient funds to decommission and clean up radioactive contamination from nuclear power reactor operation.
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Appendix from GAO report [] that lists the nuclear power stations that GAO has identified as falling behind in their accruing sufficient funds to adequately complete future decommissioning and radioactive cleanup operations.
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Letter to DOE Secretary Spencer Abraham from environmental groups across the globe demanding preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement for MOX tests.
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NIRS comments to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission regarding the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for reactor license extensions or license renewal.
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U.S. Government Accountability Office report to Congress () identifying weakness in NRC simulation “Force-On-Force” security exercises at nuclear power station.
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UCS says there is a 1 in 3 chance of a serious accident by 2006 at one of 68 U.S. reactors. Get the UCS issue brief here, and act!
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UCS says there is a 1 in 3 chance of a serious accident by 2006 at one of 68 U.S. reactors. Get the UCS issue brief here, and act!
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NIRS comments to NRC in support of communications that strengthen requirements for inspection of deteriorating steam generator tubes in Pressurized Water Reactors.
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NIRS fact sheet focuses on the sudden and unexpected discovery of cracking of stainless steel penetration sleeves in the bottom reactor vessel head at South Texas Project nuclear generating station.
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NIRS letter to NRC Commission Chair Nils Diaz in follow-up to NIRS presentation to NRC Commissioners February 2003 conveying continued concern that the federal nuclear safety agency has not learned the most significant lesson from the near miss accident at Davis-Besse nuclear station (2002) regarding failure to enforce safety guidelines and an agency Order in a gamble to give FirstEnergy more production time.
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