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Norwegian Refugee Council
April 19, 2018
In the Central African Republic (CAR), a main obstacle for return of displaced people has been the destruction of their homes after they had initially fled. With the support of their community and our teams, displaced people can finally return home. CAR has been mired in crisis since 2013, when theÃâà...
Norwegian Refugee Council
April 19, 2018
About 45,000 students and 2,000 teachers were forced to suspend classes this week as a result of a dispute between armed groups. “When education and children are affected by conflict and associated with fear of violence, the damage to both societies and people is severe and long-lasting, said ChristianÃâà...
New Zealand Herald
April 19, 2018
The Northland Regional Council has acknowledged the efforts of land owners, businesses, iwi, council staff and community groups to improve the region's rivers following the release of National River Water Quality Trends data. This data, released by Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA), showed water qualityÃâà...
Lincoln Journal Star
April 19, 2018
NRC Health had originally planned to retire the Class B shares in an all-cash transaction but amended its plan after two shareholders filed lawsuits alleging that would have violated the law in Wisconsin, where NRC Health has its corporate domicile, because the amount of borrowing required would haveÃâà...
Toledo Blade
April 19, 2018
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which confirmed that automatic safety systems worked seamlessly, is monitoring the situation. The shutdown ... Prema Chandrathil, NRC spokesman, also said she learned from the agency's resident inspector the event did not pose a risk to the public or employees.
MassLive.com
April 17, 2018
A private firm that wants to buy and decommission a shuttered nuclear power plant just north of the Massachusetts border has yet to prove it has the financial resources to do so, according to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The NRC has been "unable to find that the funding mechanisms proposedÃâà...
WJBF-TV
April 17, 2018
SAVANNAH RIVER SITE (WJBF) - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is set to hold an open house to discuss the MOX Facility at the Savannah River Site. The event will be held from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the Applied Research Center on Gateway Drive in New Ellenton. During the meeting, theÃâà...
Norwegian Refugee Council
April 16, 2018
Anastasiia Ursova lives in a small village with her husband Mikhail and their two young sons. But it was not always like that. One night in 2014, they took the last train to escape from heavy artillery attacks. Anastasiia Ursova, 28, comes from Alchevsk, 50 kilometers outside of the Ukrainian city, Luhansk.
Rockford Register Star
April 16, 2018
BYRON — Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will discuss the 2017 safety performance of the Byron nuclear power plant during an open house from 6 to 7 p.m. April 18 at the Jarrett Prairie Center, 7993 N. River Road. NRC agency employees responsible for plant inspections, including the residentÃâà...
Herald Palladium
April 11, 2018
The NRC Reactor Oversight Process uses color-coded inspection findings and indicators to measure plant performance, according to the news release. The colors start at green and increase to white, yellow or red, commensurate with the safety significance of the issues involved. Inspection findings orÃâà...
All Things Nuclear
March 30, 2018
Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Safety Dashbored ... Not after stumbling across the NRC's Generic Issues Dashboard on its website. ... The NRC staff completed a screening analysis in July 2011 and formally accepted GI-204 in February 2012, nine months after flooding at Fukushima Daiichi caused theÃâà...
Norwegian Refugee Council
March 21, 2018
More than a year has passed since the Colombian government and the armed group FARC signed a peace agreement, but the peace process is still fragile. It is one thing to secure a deal, but another to follow through on it. 2018 will be a pivotal year for the country, and in May, a new president will beÃâà...
CapeCod.com News
March 21, 2018
PLYMOUTH – Nuclear Regulatory Commission representatives will be in Plymouth next week for a public meeting to discuss the 2017 safety performance of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station. Plant inspection staff will be on hand at Hotel 1620 Plymouth Harbor Tuesday at 6 p.m. to talk about the variousÃâà...
Norwegian Refugee Council
March 21, 2018
Without a political settlement, the human suffering will plummet to new depths and continue to overwhelm responders like IRC and NRC. Finally, Yemen needs more than a war economy. Aid organizations cannot be a substitute. This means replenishing hard currency reserves in Yemen's Central Bank asÃâà...
Dover Post
March 21, 2018
We are here today to continue our oversight of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and hear more about the president's budget proposal for fiscal year ... Beyond the budget, I am particularly interested in hearing more about what the NRC is doing to protect our nuclear reactors from cyber-attacks and withÃâà...
Law360
March 20, 2018
Law360, Washington (March 20, 2018, 5:24 PM EDT) -- The Oglala Sioux Tribe insisted Tuesday in oral arguments at the D.C. Circuit that a uranium mining license under review by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission also can be challenged at the appeals court because the license remains “effective” and in place duringÃâà...
Government Accountability Office
March 20, 2018
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspects and licenses nuclear power plants and other civilian uses of radioactive material. It charges licensees to recover the cost of these efforts. In fiscal 2016, for example, it collected about $321 million in related fees. We reviewed NRC's billing process and found itÃâà...
All Things Nuclear
March 8, 2018
This is the third in a series of commentaries about the vital role nuclear safety inspections conducted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) play in protecting the public. This commentary describes how NRC inspectors discovered inadequate flooding protection at the Vogtle nuclear plant nearÃâà...
POWER magazine
March 6, 2018
Marking a fresh development for the nation's futile efforts to resolve a long-standing impasse on nuclear waste, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said it could issue a license for Holtec International's proposed consolidated interim storage (CIS) facility for used nuclear fuel in New Mexico by JulyÃâà...
Vermont Public Radio
December 31, 1999
In an emailed statement, CEO and Chief Nuclear Officer Scott State said: “"NorthStar is reviewing the NRC's requests. We look forward to providing the NRC with the additional information it seeks to guide review of our plan to safely and efficiently restore the Vermont Yankee site to conditions suitable forÃâà...
WAMC
December 31, 1999
Safety at the soon-to-be shuttered Indian Point nuclear power plant in Westchester County was the subject of a public conference call Thursday with officials from New York state and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. At issue was a repair at one of the reactors. The NRC had approved the method ofÃâà...
All Things Nuclear
December 31, 1999
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) is part of a labor union that represents nearly 160,000 actors and others in America. I don't know how many NRC senior managers are SAG members, but with more and more individuals acting as senior managers for longer and longer periods, SAG may need to open anÃâà...
World Nuclear News
December 31, 1999
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a confirmatory order to Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc and Entergy Operations, Inc, documenting actions they have agreed to take to implement programmes designed to prevent wilful misconduct at their fleet of seven operating nuclear powerÃâà...
