September 26, 2013: NRC meeting on SONGS Decommissioning Process
September 26, 2013: NRC meeting on SONGS Decommissioning Process and agenda: 092613 SONGS NRC Decom mt
A4NR Opening Brief in PG&E General Rate Case
Opening Brief filed in PG&E General Rate Case (GRC) 12-11-009 090613 A4NR Open Brief-009
Public Meeting Schedule for NRC Waste Confidence actions…
Public Involvement in Waste Confidence The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has a long-standing practice of conducting our regulatory, licensing, and oversight activities in an open manner. For that reason, we are committed to informing the public and providing opportunities for participation in our decision-making process regarding Waste Confidence. Toward that end, we periodically hold meetings, […]
Dr. John Downer write on the fallacy of probabilistic risk assessment
Read the latest paper by Dr. John Downer on the fallacy of probabilistic risk assessment, found in the journal “Regulation and Governance, 2013” Disowning Fukushima: Managing the credibility of nuclear reliability assessment in the wake of disaster From chapter 2: The first thing to note about the Fukushima disaster (henceforth referred to as “Fukushima”) is […]
Last plant standing….for now….
Is Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant all it is “cracked up” to be?
PPG&E Humboldt Bay Reactor history
The following documents recount some of the history surrouding PG&E’s early reactor at Humboldt Bay, which was permanently closed after the NRC and PG&E discovered seismic threats that were too costly to mitigate. 1. Fact sheet about Humboldt Bay focusing on storage of spent fuel, from the DOE Blue Ribbon Panel on Radioactive Waste: […]
A4NR Rebuttal Testimony in PG&E General Rate Case 12-11-009 at CPUC
FROM THE INTRODUCTION: “While A4NR considers PG&E’s conduct in this matter to be profound misfeasance, the point of this testimony is not to lure the California Public Utilities Commission (“Commission” or “CPUC”) into a subject more properly regulated by the federal government under the Atomic Energy Act.4 Instead, A4NR asks the Commission to consider this […]
Former NRC Chairman Jaczko speaks on seismic risk
Former NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko speaks about reassessing the use of probabilistic assessment and seismic risks in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster: Videotape footage courtesy of Ace Hoffman
SB 418 Sample letter of support 2
061213 updated support template
Diablo Canyon Dry Cask Violation cited by NRC 05-21-2013
DC2013001-ISFSI-LEB (050913)
