Word: nrc
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...that day there was also a small fire or explosion of hydrogen gas, created when the reactor's high temperatures disassociated the cooling water's molecules. But the NRC team did not learn of it until two days later, the investigators disclosed, because of another snafu: harried by what one official called the "hassle factor," controllers had apparently rolled up a crucial recorder sheet at the height of the accident, thereby inadvertently concealing key information...
Members of the Environment and Public Works Committee said yesterday the action could force the closing of 41 reactors in 16 states which lack evacuation plans approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC...
...committee agreed to the proposals, made by Sen. Gary Hart (D-Colo.), and authorized NRC programs for the fiscal year that begins October...
...Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) said yesterday the NRC does not have precise regulations governing evacuation plans. He proposed allowing the agency 90 days to draft regulations and then giving the states nine months to comply. His proposal failed...
...Senate committee, which called for a $400,000 study of the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear facility in Pennsylvania, also approved a proposal that requires the NRC to draft legislation giving the government sole authority to operate a reactor during an emergency...