Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire: Laser Enrichment License Approval Stands at Nuclear Agency Deadline

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Laser Enrichment License Approval Stands at Nuclear Agency Deadline

A roadway marker points to nuclear fuel operations at a GE-Hitachi campus in North Carolina. Thursday marks the last day on which the five-member Nuclear Regulatory Commission could revisit a license approval decision allowing laser uranium enrichment operations at the site (Tom Clements/Alliance for Nuclear Accountability).

By Elaine M. Grossman
Global Security Newswire
WASHINGTON -- Federal approval for the energy consortium GE-Hitachi to produce nuclear fuel through a controversial state-of-the-art laser enrichment process could soon be sealed, as Thursday marks the last day on which the Nuclear Regulatory Commission could act to revisit a September recommendation on the project.
There was “no word as yet” whether the panel’s five commissioners, led by Chairwoman Allison Macfarlane, had taken up the Global Laser Enrichment matter, NRC spokesman David McIntyre said on Wednesday in response to questions.http://www.nti.org/gsn/article/laser-enrichment-license-approval-stands-nrc-deadline/