- NRC Chairman Jaczko: A regulator's perspective on the challenges of today and tomorrow (prepared remarks presented on May 11, 2011, during the Nuclear Energy Institute's Nuclear Energy Assembly)
- NRC's Office of Inspector General (OIG): Inspection consistency needed for independent spent fuel storage installations (ISFSI) safety
- Waste Management: OIG issues report on investigation into closeout of Yucca Mountain Project
- Isotopes & Radiation: NRC advises more frequent shutter closure checks
- Education, Training & Workforce: For budgeting purposes, NRC asks utilities for numbers of applicants planning to take operator licensing examinations
- Standards: ANS answers inquiry on N271-1976, Containment Isolation Provisions for Fluid Systems (redesignated ANS-56.2)
- Standards: ANS approves ANS-5.4-2011, Method for Calculating the Fractional Release of Volatile Fission Products from Oxide Fuel (new standard to supercede ANSI/ANS-5.4-1982)
- Standards: ANS publishes ANSI/ANS-2.3-2011, Estimating Tornado, Hurricane, and Extreme Straight Line Wind Characteristics at Nuclear Facility Sites (new standard to supersede ANSI/ANS-2.3-1983)
The July 2011 Nuclear News also contains news briefs on developments in nuclear power, international nuclear projects, the nuclear industry, and nuclear fuel.
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