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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 safety related to nuclear energy. Established by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 , the NRC began operations on January 19, 1975, as one of two successor agencies to the United States ...
The Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93–438, 88 Stat. 1233, enacted October 11, 1974, codified at 42 U.S.C.A. § 5801) is a United States federal law that established the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
The NRC decided in September 1993 to consolidate Regions IV and V into a single Region headquartered in Arlington, Texas. [7] On April 4, 1994, NRC Region V was abolished, and the NRC Region IV office in Arlington, Texas was given expanded responsibilities to include the seven states formerly governed by Region V. [8] [9] The former NRC Region ...
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is urging the Supreme Court to uphold a ruling holding the Nuclear Regulatory Commission lacks licensing authority, arguing that nuclear waste sites in Texas pose "an ...
The justices took up appeals by President Joe Biden's administration and a company that was awarded a license by the NRC to build a waste storage facility in western Texas of the lower court's ruling.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission was established under the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974. Under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, a single agency, the Atomic Energy Commission, had responsibility for the development and production of nuclear weapons as well as the development and safety regulation of the civilian uses of nuclear materials ...
A U.S. appeals court on Friday canceled a license granted by a federal agency to a company to build a temporary nuclear waste storage facility in western Texas, which the Republican-led state has ...
An application for plant construction permits was submitted to the Atomic Energy Commission, now the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), in May 1974 and the NRC issued the permits on December 22, 1975. Construction started on December 22, 1975. [11] By 1978, the South Texas Project was two years behind schedule and had substantial cost ...