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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has made public an unclassified version of its annual report to Congress on the results of its security inspection activities in 2022.
NRC appoints new members to ACRS
Craig Harrington and Scott Palmtag are the newest members of the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards.They were appointed yesterday by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to the independent...
New Ohio board part of momentum for state-driven nuclear development
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine recently made new appointments—including American Nuclear Society members Raymond Cao of Ohio State University and Alicia Walls of BWX Technologies—to the Ohio...
NRC certifies NAC’s OPTIMUS-H transportation cask
NAC International announced that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has certified a highly shielded version of the company’s OPTIMUS (Optimal Modular Universal Shipping) transportation...
NRC issues interim guidance on reactor component disposal
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is providing guidance to nuclear power plant licensees looking to use decommissioning trust fund (DTF) money to dispose of major reactor components like steam...
Comanche Peak adds years to operating licenses
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed the operating licenses of Comanche Peak Units 1 and 2 for an additional 20 years.Unit 1’s operating license now expires on February 8, 2050, and...
Construction begins on Kairos’s fluoride salt–cooled test reactor
Earlier today, on a site in Oak Ridge, Tenn., that was formerly home to the K-33 Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Kairos Power marked the start of construction on its low-power demonstration reactor....
New company has big nuclear plans
The recent start-up the Nuclear Company announced plans this month to deploy a series of nuclear reactors by the mid-2030s using a “design-once, build-many approach.”The venture...
NRC publishes report to Congress on security findings
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has posted an unclassified version of its annual report to Congress on the results of the agency’s security inspection activities in 2023.The report covers...
New nuclear criticality safety standard issued
ANSI/ANS-8.28-2024, Administrative Practices for the Use of Nondestructive Assay Measurements for Nuclear Criticality Safety, was issued on July 15 after receiving approval of the American...
American Nuclear Society welcomes nomination of former ANS Congressional Fellow to NRC
Statement from ANS on Biden nomination of Matthew Marzano to NRC
Washington, D.C. — Craig Piercy, CEO of the American Nuclear Society (ANS), issued the following statement:“The American Nuclear Society commends President Biden for nominating Matthew...