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Nuclear Regulatory Commission chief sides with Pilgrim watchdog group
Nuclear Regulatory Commission chief sides with Pilgrim watchdog group
By Christopher Burrell
The Patriot Ledger
Posted Feb 23, 2012 @ 06:07 AM
In a surprising move to side with critics of the Pilgrim nuclear power plant, the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is arguing to expand, not limit, the public’s chance to ask plant-safety questions in light of last year’s Fukushima Dai-ichi disaster in Japan.
The Fukushima nuclear plant has a similar reactor to the one at Pilgrim, which has been trying for six years to win approval from the NRC for a 20-year extension of its operating license.
“Given the significance of that accident (at Fukushima) and the potential implications for the safety of our nuclear reactors, we should allow members of the public to obtain hearings on new contentions on emerging information,” NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko wrote in a dissenting opinion released Wednesday.
Jaczko was the sole dissenter on the five-member commission, which is appointed by the president.
The majority of the commission voted to deny the watchdog group...
By Christopher Burrell
The Patriot Ledger
Posted Feb 23, 2012 @ 06:07 AM
In a surprising move to side with critics of the Pilgrim nuclear power plant, the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is arguing to expand, not limit, the public’s chance to ask plant-safety questions in light of last year’s Fukushima Dai-ichi disaster in Japan.
The Fukushima nuclear plant has a similar reactor to the one at Pilgrim, which has been trying for six years to win approval from the NRC for a 20-year extension of its operating license.
“Given the significance of that accident (at Fukushima) and the potential implications for the safety of our nuclear reactors, we should allow members of the public to obtain hearings on new contentions on emerging information,” NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko wrote in a dissenting opinion released Wednesday.
Jaczko was the sole dissenter on the five-member commission, which is appointed by the president.
The majority of the commission voted to deny the watchdog group...
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