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• 10 CFR 73.56 - Personnel access authorization requirements for nuclear power plants.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 10: Energy

• Emergency Planning Guidance for Nuclear Power Plants

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Supplement 3, ``Guidance for Protective Action Strategies,'' to NUREG- 0654/FEMA-REP-1, Revision 1, ``Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants;'' NSIR/DPR-ISG-01, ``Interim Staff Guidance Emergency Planning for Nuclear Power Plants;'' and NUREG/CR-7002, ``Criteria for Development of Evacuation Time Estimate Studies;'' all dated November, 2011. These documents update implementation guidance regarding, and support recent changes to, the NRC's emergency preparedness regulations.

• Federal Register Nbr. 76 FR 75771, December 05, 2011
• Rules and Regulations
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• 10 CFR 50.49 - Environmental qualification of electric equipment important to safety for nuclear power plants.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 10: Energy

• Commentary: Nuclear Power Plants Unfazed by Irene

Hurricane Irene left millions without power this weekend, but thankfully none of the dozen or so nuclear power plants on the east coast were significantly damaged. The hurricane, which has caused roughly $7 billion in damages, is currently is slowing down and passing into Canada. Despite affecting 65 million people, estimated to be the largest amount of Americans affected by a single storm, Irene caused only two nuclear power plant shut downs. According to nuclear energy blogger Dan Yurman, New Jerseys Exelon's Oyster Creek plant shut down at 5 p.m. on Saturday before Irene hit the area. Constellation's Calvert Cliffs plant in Maryland did not shut down before Irene came blustering through. When the storm hit the area, a piece of aluminum siding was ripped off a building by 90 mph wind...

• Daily Journal of Commerce
• September 05, 2011

• Condition Monitoring Techniques for Electric Cables Used in Nuclear Power Plants

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is issuing a new guide regulatory guide, (RG) 1.218, ``.'' This guide describes techniques that the staff of the NRC considers acceptable for condition monitoring of electric cables for nuclear power plants. RG 1.218 is not intended to be prescriptive, instead it provides a description of many available techniques for testing cables of various configurations typically found in a nuclear power plant and discusses the potential suitability and known limitations of each.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 24228, April 23, 2012
• Notices
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• Recent Crisis in Japan has Had Little Impact On Americans' Views On Nuclear Power: Poll ; Many Acknowledge Health Concerns, but Also Believe Nuclear Power Plants Can Be Made Safer

NORWALK, Conn., March 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Three weeks after a massive earthquake and tsunami crippled four nuclear reactors in Japan, Americans are displaying only a slight shift in their opinions on nuclear power, a new Harris Interactive/HealthDay poll shows. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100518/NY06801LOGO )

• U.S. Newswire
• March 31, 2011

• Nuclear power plants; licenses, certifications, and approvals,

• FR, March 13, 2006
• Proposed rules
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• Israel, Syria Seeking Nuclear Power Plants

PARIS -- Is the Middle East about to go officially nuclear? Bitter rivals Israel and Syria both announced Tuesday that they want to pursue atomic power plants, potentially complicating the diplomatic storm over Iran's nuclear program and fueling a widening web of suspicion across the Middle East.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• March 10, 2010

• Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants, NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Supplement 4 and FEMA Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program Manual

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is issuing two final guidance documents: Supplement 4 (Supplement 4) to ``Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants,'' NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP- 1, Revision 1 (NUREG-0654), and the Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program Manual (the REP Program Manual). Supplement 4 is a joint document issued by FEMA and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that contains the evaluation criteria against which FEMA and the NRC measure the emergency preparedness plans of nuclear power plant owners, operators and the State, local, and Tribal jurisdictions in which they reside. The REP Program Manual is intended to be the principal source of policy and guidance for State...

• Federal Register Nbr. 76 FR 72431, November 23, 2011
• Notices
• Homeland Security Department

• Needed: 100 New Nuclear Power Plants in 20 Years

The project would focus on seven "grand challenges:" plug-in electric cars and trucks, carbon capture from coal plants, making solar power cost competitive, recycling used nuclear fuel, advanced biofuels from crops we don't eat, green buildings, and finally, fusion. To put things in perspective, the Tennessee Valley Authority produces on average about 27,000 megawatts of electricity for industrial and household customers in its seven-state region: 60% comes from coal, 30% from nuclear, 8% from hydroelectric power and 1% from natural gas. [...] the big solar thermal plants in the Western desert where they line up mirrors to focus the sun's rays take more than 30 square miles - that's more than five miles on a side - to produce the same 1000 megawatts you can get from a single coal or n...

• Human Events
• October 07, 2009