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4 Oct 2018, 9:00 pm
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff is proposing to discontinue a rulemaking relating to third-party reviews of fitness-for-duty (FFD) and access authorization (AA) determinations. [read post]
1 Oct 2018, 9:00 pm
In late September, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) made public a White Paper that it had initially issued internally to the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) in March 2012. [read post]
1 Oct 2018, 12:16 pm by Erik Slobe
However, they cannot affect interstate rates, which is the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). [read post]
24 Sep 2018, 1:08 pm by Deborah Heller
Township of Scott, Pennsylvania (17-647): This case asks whether the Court should reconsider Williamson County Regional Planning Commission, v. [read post]
16 Sep 2018, 6:50 pm by Erik Slobe
The plaintiffs argued that the law was preempted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) [official website] regulatory authority. [read post]
16 Sep 2018, 2:00 pm by Megan Geuss
Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (credit: Nuclear Regulatory Commission) Though economics might not favor nuclear power in the US, policy makers do. [read post]
16 Sep 2018, 8:06 am
(Pix credit here: With eye on China, EU parliament pushes tougher line on investments)Europe appears to be faced, again, with the hard task of balancing its relations among frenemies while retaining its wealth. [read post]
6 Sep 2018, 4:27 am by Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Regulatory Bulletin http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2018.html We feature a notice of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission about the publication of the Tribal Protocol Manual. [read post]
5 Sep 2018, 2:15 pm by Native American Rights Fund
Poitra (Lands; Jurisdiction)News Bulletinhttp://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.htmlIn the Sacred Places section, we feature articles about limited tribal participation on a newly formed Bears Ears National Monument advisory committee, as well as featuring a story in the Environment and Energy section on abandoned and idle gas wells on Indian reservations.Regulatory Bulletinhttp://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2018.htmlWe feature a notice of the… [read post]
3 Sep 2018, 9:30 pm by Robert V. Percival
For example, in a 2013 case, In re Aiken County, Judge Kavanaugh took the extraordinary step of issuing a writ of mandamus requiring the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to process the U.S. [read post]
20 Aug 2018, 11:56 am by Amy Howe
Warren (Nov. 5) – Whether Virginia’s ban on uranium mining conflicts with the Atomic Energy Act, which gives exclusive power to regulate the radiological safety of milling and the resulting tailings to the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission. [read post]
15 Aug 2018, 9:30 pm by Jennifer Ko
New York and Illinois’s programs use similar mechanisms to provide financial support to nuclear plants, Peskoe notes. [read post]
10 Aug 2018, 12:19 pm by Monica Williamson
Provides expertise on Tribal issues and ensures that the Commission’s telecommunications regulatory policies with respect to federally-recognized American Indian Tribes, Alaska Native Villages, Hawaiian Home Lands, and other Native Communities are implemented and met. [read post]
In 2015, PG&E sought an extension of a lease from the State Lands Commission to continue operating the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant until 2025 when it is planned for decommission at the conclusion of its FERC-issued operating license term. [read post]
25 Jun 2018, 2:40 pm by Arthur F. Coon
  It was completed in 1973, began operations in 1985, and is licensed by the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”) to continue operations until November 2, 2024 (Unit 1) and August 26, 2025 (Unit 2). [read post]
21 May 2018, 8:55 am by Amy Howe
” And those concerns, the company argues, conflict with the Atomic Energy Act, which gives the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission exclusive power to regulate uranium milling and tailings-management activities. [read post]
25 Apr 2018, 4:46 pm by Brian Nese
As amended, this bill now proposes to require the CPUC, as part of the commission’s regulatory actions related to the proposed decommissioning of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant and consistent with the goal to mitigate negative impacts to ratepayers, to cause a study to be conducted on the feasibility of repurposing the water desalination facility at the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant for purposes of desalinating water for local use. [read post]
9 Apr 2018, 6:00 am by Hayley Evans
  Legal Framework While no existing law specifically addresses LAWS, the International Court of Justice made clear in its 1996 Advisory Opinion on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons that international humanitarian law “[p]ermeates the entire law of armed conflict and applies to all forms of warfare and to all kinds of weapons, those of the past, those of the present and those of the future. [read post]
5 Mar 2018, 2:28 pm by Whitney Jones Roy and Whitney Hodges
The Supreme Court looked to three factors to determine whether an assumption used by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to conclude that permanent nuclear waste storage would not have a significant environmental impact was arbitrary and capricious: (1) whether the assumption had a limited purpose in the overall analysis; (2) whether the agency’s estimation of the environmental effects was overstated; and (3) whether the agency’s decision was… [read post]
5 Mar 2018, 2:28 pm by Whitney Jones Roy and Whitney Hodges
The Supreme Court looked to three factors to determine whether an assumption used by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to conclude that permanent nuclear waste storage would not have a significant environmental impact was arbitrary and capricious: (1) whether the assumption had a limited purpose in the overall analysis; (2) whether the agency’s estimation of the environmental effects was overstated; and (3) whether the agency’s decision was… [read post]