Nuclear Energy

Senate Hearing Moves NRC Towards Nuclear Reform, Airs Its Concern for Industry

Zoe Schlanger | August 2, 2011, 4:15PM

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is not as fundamentally split as it previously appeared on the issue of post-Fukushima U.S. nuclear regulation, as a Tuesday Senate hearing showed. By the end of the hearing, the majority of the 5-person commission sounded reasonably ready to vote on at least a few of the recommended safety measures within 90 days.

It is, however, not doing much to dissuade rising murmurs and recent reports that the commission is too close to its industry, as it became evident that the primary roadblock to voting on the recommended safety measures was a concern for the lack of stakeholder input.

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Topics: Barbara Boxer, Bernie Sanders, NRC, Nuclear Energy