United States: NRC to Ease Regulatory Burdens During Pandemic

As reported by Nuclear Intelligence Weekly (re-posted with permission).

The article quotes Beyond Nuclear:

Activists are concerned the agency's approach to the Covid-19 crisis has left the door wide open for regulatory rollbacks that could compromise the safety of the nation's aging reactor fleet. "It's clear that the NRC is ready to permit whatever rollbacks the industry is willing to request," Beyond Nuclear's Kevin Kamps told Energy Intelligence. "How inspections, repairs and replacements of safety-significant systems, structures and components can go undone, and not increase risk, has not been adequately explained by NRC, nor has the agency addressed the potential impacts of decreased quality of work, or even serious human errors, made by a dwindling number of severely fatigued workers, under the increasing stress of the Covid-19 pandemic."

Read the full article, here.

Brouillette intervenes in Pa. nuclear fight

As reported by E&E News.

NRC Stages Swift Sweeping Rollback During Pandemic

Vast Amounts of Rad Waste Slated for Disposal by Unlicensed Operators

As reported in a press release by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).

PA State Sen. Muth seeks answers about coronavirus response plan at Limerick nuclear plant

As reported by TheReporterOnline.Com.

Nuclear Hotseat #458 – Covid19/Nuclear Dangers: Arnie & Maggie Gundersen Call Out Industry Refueling, Safety Lies

Covid/Nuclear Dangers – More industry lies, problems revealed:
Arnie Gundersen and Maggie Gundersen, interviewed by Nuclear Hotseat producer/host Libbe HaLevy

LISTEN TO THE FULL SHOW, AND SEE BACKGROUND INFO. LEAKS, HERE.

This Week’s Featured Interview:

Covid/Nuclear Dangers and Lies:  As the Covid pandemic continues to ravage its way through society, the nuclear industry is placed in serious jeopardy of being able to maintain safety at its 98 U.S. operating nuclear reactors.  How bad are the problems?  How much should we believe the industry’s claims of being “safe” while asking for enormous bailouts from the Covid stimulous package?  We turned to two experts to find out. 

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  Arnie Gundersen has more than 45-years of nuclear power engineering experience. He attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) where he earned his Bachelor Degree cum laude while also becoming the recipient of a prestigious Atomic Energy Commission Fellowship for his Master Degree in nuclear engineering. Arnie holds a nuclear safety patent, was a licensed reactor operator, and is a former nuclear industry senior vice president. During his nuclear power industry career, Arnie also managed and coordinated projects at 70 nuclear power plants in the US.

• Maggie Gundersen founded Fairewinds Energy Education, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, in 2008. Its mission has remained to educate the public about nuclear power production, engineering, reliability, and safety issues. Maggie also founded Fairewinds Associates, Inc, a paralegal and expert witness services firm in 2003. She has a history as well expertise within the nuclear power industry.