Some companies are also filing with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for permission to build new plants.
"As far as we know, everything is safe, " said Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesman David McIntyre.
Today, amid allegations of staff bullying, Gregory Jaczko resigned as chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
In the past nuclear hopefuls would first apply to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a construction license.
Hurricane Sandy triggered reactor shutdowns at three nuclear plants, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said today.
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None of the reactors pose a threat to public health, said Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokeswoman Diane Screnci.
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"This appears to be a fairly straightforward shutdown, " said Neil Sheehan, a spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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There are 31 reactors in the United States for research or testing purposes, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Meanwhile, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is reviewing GE's application to build a plant.
"The performance is quite good, " Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Allison Macfarlane said in an interview with The Associated Press.
As a former commissioner at the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Peter Bradford knows something about nuclear power accidents.
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That is the judgment of our Nuclear Regulatory Commission and many other experts.
According to a spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Kodak's uranium was highly enriched -- to a level approaching 93.4%.
In 1975, a new independent agency was created, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which was charged with overseeing safety issues.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission limits the exposure of U.S. nuclear workers to no more than 5 rem per year.
Entergy has applied to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a 20-year license extension, and the NRC will likely grant the extension.
As of Monday morning, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission had two technical experts in Tokyo, said Gregory Jaczko, the NRC chairman.
Between now and 2009, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission expects to receive 28 applications to build and operate 19 new reactors.
Ms. VICTORIA MITTLING (Spokeswoman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission): We do rely on the licensee to provide us with true and correct information.
But the designs are still under review by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, whose approval is the worldwide "gold seal, " Genoa said.
More than 2 million tritium EXIT signs are estimated to be in use in the United States, according the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokeswoman Victoria Mittling(ph) says the NRC has a full-time inspector onsite at every nuclear power plant in the country.
We should lower the barriers at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the approval of new nuclear reactors, especially the new small ones.
"We actually thought the plant was too well designed to have a serious accident, " said former Nuclear Regulatory Commission official Harold Denton.
On a separate issue, the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Greg Jaczko, came to the White House today to brief the President.
And here in the United States, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted Southern Company and Scana Corp. permission to build two reactors each.
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So it is with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the United States Geological Survey, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
Gregory Jaczko, chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, refused to give a timetable as to when the San Onofre nuclear plant could resume operation.
In 1982, Sandia National Laboratories simulated the impacts of a catastrophic accident at nuclear power plants on the surrounding environment for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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Another Jaspersoft customer is the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
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