The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”) recently confirmed allegations that the NRC intentionally withheld vital information concerning “catastrophic” flood risks at nuclear plants, The Huffington Post reported last Tuesday, December 4, 2012.  The news that the NRC was censoring this information initially leaked when two NRC employees, Richard Perkins and Larry Criscione, publically criticized the [...]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”) has once again come under fire from Congressman Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., for failing to deal seriously with allegations of retaliation against nuclear safety whistleblowers.  The allegations – which we have written about multiple times in the past – deal specifically with NRC’s Region IV office, headquartered in Arlington, Texas. [...]

Congressman Edward J. Markey of the 7th District of Massachusetts sent another letter on June 4, 2012, to Chairman Greg Jaczko of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”) calling for an independent review into the NRC’s safety culture.  Rep. Markey, senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and an advocate for increased nuclear safety, initially [...]

Congressman Edward Markey, D-Mass., sent a letter on Wednesday to Greg Jaczko, the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”), urging him to investigate allegations of retaliation against NRC staff who report nuclear safety violations.  The letter comes after Congressman Markey, senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and an advocate for increased nuclear [...]

In an article published by ProPublica on July 27, 2011, whistleblower George Mulley claimed a recent report by the Nuclear Regulatory Comission (NRC) was purposefully misleading, and that it attempted to conceal problems with NRC oversight

On July 12, 2011 the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission released an extensive report detailing its findings and recommendations after inspecting the safety conditions and procedures at the nation’s 104 nuclear reactors.  The task force was formed in reaction to the recent Fukushima Daiichi meltdown following Japan’s recent earthquake.  Earlier progress reports issued by the [...]

Three Senators have asked the Government Accountability Office to investigate ties between the nuclear power industry and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the NRC), the industry’s principal safety regulators, after a year-long Associated Press investigation revealed last week that the NRC has colluded with the industry higher ups for decades to progressively lower and ignore safety [...]

Advocates for nuclear safety and nuclear power plant workers have urged caution and oversight after the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) recently announced that it will begin reconstructing the Bellefonte 1 nuclear reactor in Alabama which was abandoned in 1988.  The opening is part of TVA’s initiative to have fifty percent of its generation come from [...]

A task force created by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) charged with reviewing the safety standards at the nation’s 104 nuclear reactors in the wake of Japan’s recent nuclear disaster has concluded that a considerable percentage of those power plants have not properly trained their workers regarding federal emergency guidelines.  The director of the NRC’s [...]

In light of the catastrophic nuclear incident following Japan’s recent earthquake, a public conversation has renewed itself regarding the safety of nuclear power both at home and abroad.  Between competing voices as to the appropriate role of nuclear power in the U.S. energy industry, common ground can be found in recognizing that all U.S. citizens [...]