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And our procedures executive team begins to respond to the emergency. I would note that the nrc does not make the decision on evacuation. That is done by the governor of the state in which the accident as occurring. Out, that wasted a clear message from three mile island that the chair should be the decisionmaker during an time withlast fukushima there were some issues that remain regarding when the commissioners were notified and the chairman had assumed Emergency Powers. I dont think the chairman should have to worry about notifying the other commissioners when she is notified that there is an accident and action needs to be taken. At some point later. Ori think omission olakislate case apost is correct. But i do think it is important that the chairman at an appropriate time during the crisis notify the chairmans colleagues that Emergency Powers been declared. When this ....
Known as a geological disposal facility (GDF), it will see the creation of underground vaults and tunnels in which to store the radioactive waste from ....
Why Biden should designate a nuclear waste negotiator An Atlas railcar carrying test weights on a test track. The US Energy Department is developing special railcars to transport casks of spent nuclear fuel to storage sites. Credit: Energy Department (Editor’s Note: This Opinion piece is being published as a companion article to the essays in the January issue of our magazine, on “Advice to the Next President.”) When President-elect Joe Biden comes to office, there will be a window of opportunity for the United States to make real progress on the management and disposition of nuclear waste. Once envisioned as a permanent waste storage site but now abandoned by both parties, Yucca Mountain is no longer a political lightning rod. And if the Nuclear Regulatory Commission grants licenses to one or more proposed interim storage sites in 2021, as seems likely, opponents of those sites will probably call for federal action on the many unaddressed issues associated ....