Word: nrc
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) ordered on July 1 that construction of the $2.5 billion nuclear plant at Seabrook, N.H., be suspended on July 21 until a study of the effects of the cooling system on the marine life in the area is completed...
...spokesman for the Clamshell Alliance said yesterday that the NRC ruling was a "limited victory." In many cases, construction on plants delayed by the NRC has indeed resumed at a later date, the spokesman said, adding that the Alliance will continue to fight against Seabrook and other nuclear plants...
...report on nuclear safety authored by members of the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) asserts that the Rasmussen Report, released in 1975 by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), contains substantially understated assessments of the safety of atomic power...
...Douglas W. Cooper, assistant professor of Environmental Physics in the Faculty of Public Health, who served as a consultant to NRC, said yesterday, "Subsequent analysis of the Rasmussen Report showed that it would, if anything, overstate the results of a nuclear accident...
...energy). Many utility executives and their equipment suppliers argue that the U.S. will have to build many more coal-fired and nuclear power plants. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission reports that 84 nuclear plants will be completed in the next decade; the Federal Power Commission says that if the NRC'S estimate is correct, the national power level will be "too low." As a consequence of the 1973-75 recession, utilities canceled orders for 14 reactors and deferred 96 others. Among the reasons: harassment by environmentalists, government red tape and delays, the difficulty of financing. Says Robert Kirby, chairman...