FAQs on license renewal, addressing the environmental review process, health concerns, waste disposal, security, public involvement, and more.
Author(s): National Archives and Records Administration (published annually)
The rules governing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), including employee conduct, public records, noncompliance, licensing, and radiation protection, available to the public online.
Author(s): US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (published annually)
A compilation of facts and information about the NRC and the nuclear
industry, available in print and online. Includes information about the NRC finances and activities, US and worldwide nuclear energy, currently operating nuclear reactors, uranium mining and other nuclear materials, and radioactive waste.
The NRC’s Reactor Safety Study (RSS) was published in 1975, and was used by the Federal government as definitive proof that nuclear reactors were safe to operate. In 1977 the Union of Concerned Scientists published this independent evaluation of the NRC’s study, which challenged the NRC’s position.
Just two years later in 1979 the Three Mile Island nuclear plant melted down and changed history…
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