Nuclear Chief Pushes For Safer Plants
16 January 2007
ASSOCIATED PRESS (WASHINGTON) - Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Dale Klein, announced on 18 January 2007 that future nuclear power plants should include design improvements to better protect against a terrorist attack by large aircraft. The NRC plans to provide design guidance to reactor manufacturers on what the reactors should be able to withstand. Klein explains, "The new reactors will be more robust than the existing fleet." The NRC is gearing up for a rush of applications for new nuclear power reactors, expecting to receive four or five firm applications in 2007, with another eight likely in 2008. Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070116/ap_on_go_ot/reactors_ap_interview_1 (Reliability: 7)
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