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    The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with protecting public health and...
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    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has divided the US territory into four regions: These four regions oversee the operation of 104 power-producing reactors...
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    water. The closure of these valves was a violation of a key Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) rule, according to which the reactor must be shut down...
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    could surpass the United States in nuclear energy production. As of October 2014,[update] the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) had granted license renewals...
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    the Energy Research and Development Administration and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. On August 4, 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed into law the...
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  • the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has often been too timid in ensuring that America's 104 commercial reactors are operated safely: Nuclear power...
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    commercial nuclear energy when, on March 28, 1979, TMI-2 suffered a partial meltdown. According to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) report...
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    activities. For FY18, the DOE requested $120 million and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) $30 million from Congress to continue licensing activities...
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    term nuclear meltdown is not officially defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency or by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. It has...
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    at times been placed on enhanced examination status by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. In 1999, Northeast Utilities, the plant's operator at the time...
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