Federal Court Upholds NRC’s Generic Severe-Accident Review for Nuclear Plant License Renewals
by Sonal C. Patel from POWER Magazine on (#776GR)
A federal appeals court has upheld the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) use of a generic environmental analysis for nuclear plant license renewals, rejecting claims that the agency failed to adequately consider how aging components and climate change could affect the risk of severe reactor accidents. The July 21 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals [...]
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