Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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Meaning

an independent federal agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants

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Because of lack of progress and residents’ frustration, the Army Corps was authorized in 2002 by Congress to take over the cleanup from the jurisdiction of the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Source: Internet

Kara McCullough, a scientist working for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, has been crowned Miss USA. Source: Internet

Citing the plant's record and rating by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, critics of the plant have been repeatedly calling for it to close down. Source: Internet

He also extended his battleground to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), complaining about 2 million pounds of spent radioactive fuel rods stored on the nuclear site in South Miami-Dade, where they might reside for centuries. Source: Internet

No nuclear plants have been closed, license extensions for existing facilities continue to proceed, and the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has even greenlighted construction of two new reactors at a nuclear power plant in Georgia. Source: Internet

In addition, because the potential liability from a nuclear accident is so great, the full cost of liability insurance is generally limited/capped by the government, which the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission concluded constituted a significant subsidy. Source: Internet

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