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The NRC last week issued “mid-cycle assessment letters” to the nation’s nuclear power plants, a semi-annual report card on their performance. It’s very much like the annual assessments ...

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Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station received a passing grade in a recent performance review conducted by the NRC. In a mid-year assessment letter to Pilgrim Site Vice President Robert Smit...

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Lara Uselding Public Affairs Officer Region IV, NRC As Tropical Storm Isaac develops off the Gulf coast, one only hopes that it will lessen in force and simply bring much needed rai...

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By Lauren Woodall NRC Attorney Who decides if the U.S. is going to use nuclear energy to meet this country’s electric needs? It’s a question we get here at the NRC not infrequently...

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By Dave McIntyre, Public Affairs Officer, NRC On Tuesday, the five-member Commission issued an Order directing the staff not to issue licenses for new reactors or to issue renewed l...

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For the third time since a majority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved a new license to Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, Pilgrim Watch and the Jones River Watershed Association h...

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Rep. Bill Keating is not happy with the NRC's assurances that all safety precautions were in place during the recent lockout at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station. Tuesday, Massachusetts ...