NRC overhaul watch: breakneck pace meets first pushback
The NRC is accelerating nuclear licensing on several fronts, and oversight is starting to push back. Democrats formally asked the agency for information in late September, a GAO report raised…
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Clinch River: the country's first BWRX-300 construction permit
NRC has approved TVA's construction permit for a GE Vernova Hitachi BWRX-300 at Clinch River, the first US construction permit for the design. The same reactor is being pursued in Europe through a…
AP1000 design certification renewed on Vogtle lessons
The NRC approved Westinghouse's request to renew and update the AP1000 standard design certification, incorporating lessons from Vogtle-3 and -4. The approval makes Vogtle-4 the standard AP1000…