Energy Reorganization Act (1973)
Passed in 1974 during the Ford Administration, this act created the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The ...
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The development of nuclear weapons during World War II raised a number of difficult nonmilitary questions for the United States. Most scientists and many politicians re...
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is an independent agency of the federal government with a mission to protect public health and safety from the hazards of the...
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Nrc)
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) primary mission is to protect public health and safety and to protect the environment from the effects of radiation...
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The head of the Yucca Mountain nuclear dump project said Monday that 2008 budget cuts will cause several hundred layoffs and put plans to finish a required license application by June 30 in "seriou...
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday downgraded the safety rating of the nation's largest nuclear plant, subjecting it to a level of scrutiny shared by just one other plant in the nation.T...
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The nuclear power industry wants the government to require companies to design new nuclear reactors that would better withstand large fires and explosions, such as those that could be caused by a t...
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has launched a special inspection at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's research reactor after a report showed a worker there may have been exposed t...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Eliot Spitzer
and Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Monday they want the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to halt relicensing for the
Indian Point nuclear...
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