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NRC Chief Gregory Jaczko Says U.S. Safety Moves Behind Schedule

IN THIS ISSUE: NRC chief says US safety moves behind schedule, ANS report on Fukushima, Obama mulls giving Moscow data on missile defense, UK's nukes in the frame, the back-end of the nuclear fuel cycle: an innovative storage concept, NNSA vows nonproliferation program review.

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Published on March 8, 2012

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NRC Chief Says U.S. Safety Moves Behind Schedule
Wall Street Journal
Fukushima Daiichi: American Nuclear Society Committee Report
American Nuclear Society
Obama Mulls Giving Moscow Data on Missile Defense
Reuters
UK's Nuclear Weapons in the Frame
Guardian
The Back-End of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: An Innovative Storage Concept
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
NNSA Vows Nonproliferation Program Review in Face of Budget Criticism
Global Security Newswire

NRC Chief Says U.S. Safety Moves Behind Schedule

Ryan Tracy | Wall Street Journal

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko said Tuesday the agency wasn't on pace to meet its own timeline for improving safety at U.S. nuclear plants in response to the meltdown at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant a year ago.

The NRC will soon issue its first orders in response to the Fukushima accident, but it is also weighing a host of regulatory changes that could impose extra costs on the operators of the 104 reactors in the U.S.

In an interview, Mr. Jaczko said the agency had "made progress" but risked failing to meet its goal of making all the regulatory changes within five years. "There is still a tremendous amount of work to be done," he said.  Full Article

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Why Fukushima Was Preventable (Carnegie paper)



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One Year On: Assessing Fukushima's Impact (Carnegie event)
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The American Nuclear Society (ANS) formed a special committee, The American Nuclear Society Special Committee on Fukushima (the Committee), to examine the Fukushima Daiichi accident.     Full Article

 
 
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Obama Mulls Giving Moscow Data on Missile Defense
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The Obama administration disclosed on Tuesday that it is considering sharing some classified U.S. data as part of an effort to allay Russian concerns about a controversial antimissile shield.    Full Article

UK's Nuclear Weapons in the Frame
Richard Norton-Taylor and Nick Hopkins | Guardian
There are signs, like green shoots heralding spring, that the last taboo of British politics is breaking. Liberal Democrats are finally gearing themselves up seriously to question the Conservative attachment to Britain's Trident nuclear weapons system and commitment to replace it with a "like for like" fleet of ballistic missile submarines.     Full Article

The Back-End of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: An Innovative Storage Concept
Stephen M. Goldberg, Robert Rosner, and James P. Malone | American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy's Global Nuclear Future (GNF) Initiative leaders and advisors have identified several interconnected questions that must be addressed simultaneously in order to arrive at pragmatic recommendations for a sustainable new nuclear regime, both in the United States and abroad    Full Article

NNSA Vows Nonproliferation Program Review in Face of Budget Criticism
Douglas P. Guarino | Global Security Newswire
Top U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration officials on Tuesday pledged to complete a strategic review of a program intended to prevent the smuggling of nuclear material across international borders amid assertions they are proposing dangerous budget cuts to the initiative.    Full Article

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