Security & Safety
Nuclear reactor and materials licensees maintained their “excellent” safety record during the fiscal year that ended on 30 September 2014, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Performance and Accountability Report for Fiscal Year 2014, issued yesterday.
The report says the NRC’s chief achievement was the extended storage rule, approved in August. This rule allowed the NRC to lift a suspension on licensing decisions for new reactors, reactor renewals, and renewals of spent fuel storage facilities.
Related reports in the NucNet database (available to subscribers): NRC Not Geared Up For Decommissioning, Says Macfarlane (News in Brief No. 18, 19 November 2014)