US Nuclear Regulator Seeks Simpler Environmental Reviews To Boost Nuclear Expansion

US Nuclear Regulator Seeks Simpler Environmental Reviews To Boost Nuclear Expansion Authored by Evgenia Filimianova via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on July 8 proposed narrowing environmental reviews for new and renewed nuclear reactor licenses, a move the agency said would reduce costs, as the Trump administration pushes to expand nuclear energy. In this aerial view, the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant stands in the middle of th...

By Tyler Durden