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Category Archives: General

Radioactive Rumor Mill Doesn’t Help Anyone

Last week, the NRC’s Region III Office in Chicago spent the better part of a day dispelling rumors of a nuclear emergency on the border of Indiana and Michigan after two non-governmental radiation monitoring networks allegedly showed extremely high radiation readings. Before the readings were verified as anything beyond equipment malfunction – which is exactly [...]

The Challenge of Decommissioning a One-of-a-Kind Reactor

Early nuclear power plants in the United States were custom designs, but the LaCrosse Boiling Water Reactor in Wisconsin was truly unique in both its design and construction. That uniqueness has carried over into the work to decommission and dismantle the plant. Owned by the Dairyland Power Cooperative, the facility on the Mississippi River near [...]

Animated Timeline Details the NRC Response to the Fukushima Accident

The NRC has developed an animated timeline to walk you through the major events in our response to the Japanese earthquake and tsunami of March 2011, and the resulting accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. You can also click on specific events in the timeline to get more information on our activities related [...]

In Nuclear Power Plants – Behavior Is Under Observation

The NRC requires that all nuclear power plants follow strict access authorization regulations that are intended to make sure only trusted individuals have the OK to be in the most sensitive areas of the plant. These access authorization regulations require fingerprint checks, drug and alcohol screening, psychological testing and other hurdles when employees are first [...]

Three White Flint North Project in the Home Stretch for NRC

For the NRC headquarters staff separated from the White Flint Complex, in Rockville Md., this year marks an exciting transition as the newly constructed 14-story office building across the street takes shape. Occupancy of Three White Flint North (3WFN) means the agency’s headquarters staff will once again be consolidated in adjacent buildings — an important [...]

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