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Saturday, July 1, 2017
U.S. warns businesses of hacking campaign against nuclear, energy firms
U.S. warns businesses of hacking campaign against nuclear, energy firms
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-energy-idUSKBN19L2Z9
Friday, June 30, 2017
The Real Security Threats on Iran’s Periphery
The Real Security Threats on Iran’s Periphery
http://lobelog.com/the-real-security-threats-on-irans-periphery/#more-39989
Senate Confirms Svinicki for Another Term as NRC Commissioner
Senate Confirms Svinicki for Another Term as NRC Commissioner
http://www.ans.org/pi/news/article-646/
The Energy Collective Daily: Finkel Review, Blueprint for Australia's Electricity Market: "The Real Work Has Still to Be Done"
Finkel Review, Blueprint for Australia’s Electricity Market: “The Real Work Has Still to Be Done” | The Energy Collective Daily |
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- Finkel Review, Blueprint for Australia’s Electricity Market: “The Real Work Has Still to Be Done”
- Analysis Group Answers Perry’s Questions: Changing Resources Doesn’t Make Grid Unreliable, but Does Save Consumers Money
- New Report: How Cities Can Prosper with 100% Clean Energy
- Low Inventories and Supply Developments are Affecting Asian Residual Fuel Oil Prices
- These Companies Plan to Expand Coal Power Worldwide by 43 Percent
- Africa’s Growing Off-Grid Population: The Final Frontier for Rural Electrification
E&E TV Clean Water Rule
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Georgia Power, Southern Nuclear to Assume Project Management of Vogtle
Georgia Power, Southern Nuclear to Assume Project Management of Vogtle
The change in project
management will not affect Toshiba’s agreement to pay $3.68 billion for
the project.
Southern Company Suspends Gasification at Kemper County
Southern Company Suspends Gasification at Kemper County
Southern Company
indicated the move would manage costs in light of the Mississippi Public
Service Commission’s order to remove financial risk to ratepayers.
http://www.power-eng.com/articles/2017/06/southern-company-suspends-gasification-at-kemper-county.html?cmpid=enl_pe_powerengineeringe-newsletter_2017-06-30&email_address=micheletkearney@gmail.com&eid=288118515&bid=1801644ANS Nuclear Policy Wire: Making Nuclear Great Again
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June 30, 2017
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NRC: Mitigation of Beyond-Design-Basis Events Proposed Rule issued for Public Comment
Mitigation of Beyond-Design-Basis Events
Proposed Rule issued for Public Comment
Quick Links:- How do I comment?
- What’s included in the rule?
- How does this relate to Fukushima Daiichi?
- What is the NRC’s rulemaking process?
- What else is the NRC doing to address the lessons-learned?
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The March 11, 2011, accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Japan was caused by an earthquake and tsunami that significantly exceeded the design basis of the facility. The tsunami flooded important safety systems at the plant, resulting in an extended loss of electrical power. This loss of electrical power prevented operators from adequately cooling the reactor cores, which led to overheating, core damage, and the release of radioactive materials to the environment.The NRC took a number of actions following the accident to strengthen the protection of U.S. nuclear plants against events that could exceed a plant’s design basis. These included issuing orders and requiring licensees to conduct several evaluations. Now the NRC is moving forward in making permanent some of the lessons we've learned from the Fukushima nuclear accident through the development of a new regulation. The Commission has directed the staff to seek public comments on a proposed rule for mitigating "beyond design basis events," which can be stronger than a plant's current design. The Commission made a few changes to the proposed rule, which consolidates several of the most safety significant recommendations of the NRC's task force report from shortly after the events at Fukushima.
The public can comment on the proposed rule until February 11, 2016. To view the proposed rule or submit comments, go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2014-0240. You may also e-mail comments to Rulemaking.Comments@nrc.gov. The staff is also planning a public meeting during the comment period, and we'll post the meeting notice on our public website.The staff will consider the public's comments on the proposed rule and expects to provide a final rule to the Commission for its consideration in December 2016. The NRC staff expects the rule, if approved, would require plants to fully comply within approximately two years (2019-2020), with the exact date varying from plant to plant. Although that seems far away, much of the safety benefit from the rule is already achieved by two orders that are discussed below. Nearly all U.S. plants will comply with those orders by the end of 2016. Safety is being enhanced well before the final rule.
This proposed rule would apply the requirements of two existing orders, Mitigating Strategies (EA-12-049) and Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (EA-12-051), to any operating or future U.S. nuclear power plant. The Mitigating Strategies Order ensures that a plant will have sufficient procedures, strategies, and equipment to indefinitely cool the reactor core and spent fuel, as well as protect the reactor's containment, if it loses power. The Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation Order requires that the plants ensure they can monitor spent fuel pool water levels. These two orders are already being implemented across the nuclear fleet.
The proposed rule also incorporates many other task force recommendations. It also address the concerns of several Fukushima-related petitions that were submitted by members of the public to change the NRC's regulations. These additional issues include: - Mitigating Strategies (Recommendation 4) and Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Recommendation 7):
- Onsite Emergency Response Capabilities (Recommendation 8):
- Emergency Plans to Address prolonged Station Blackout and Multiunit Events (part of Recommendation 9):
- Command and Control Structure and Qualification (Recommendation 10.2)
- Enhanced Onsite Emergency Response Resources (Recommendation 11.1)
- Petitions for Rulemaking from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) (PRM-50-97, PRM-50-98, PRM-50-101, and PRN-50-102) and Mr. Thomas Popik (PRM-50-96)
Furthermore, the proposed rule incorporates information from the plants' reevaluated earthquake and flooding hazards. Each plant's mitigating strategies, which are used to meet the rule's requirements, must address the reevaluated hazards.
One of the changes the Commission directed the staff to make in the proposed rule involves the treatment of Severe Accident Management Guidelines, or SAMGs, which a plant would use in responding to very unlikely accidents that involve damage to the reactor. The Commission directed that the SAMGs should continue to be implemented voluntarily. Based on the Commission's direction, the NRC will provide periodic oversight of SAMGs through its Reactor Oversight Process. Another Commission change to the proposed rule removes proposed design requirements for new reactor applicants. Instead, the new reactors would be subject to the same performance-based criteria that applies to the currently-licensed fleet.
Process Overview
Related Documents:
- Consolidation of Post-Fukushima Rulemaking Activities (SECY-14-0046 enclosure 6) is available in ADAMS at ML14064A544 (April 17, 2014); Approval of Consolidation (SRM-SECY-0046) at ML14190A347 (July 9, 2014).
- SECY-15-0065, Proposed Rule: Mitigation of Beyond-Design-Basis Events (April 30, 2015)
- Staff Requirements Memorandum for SECY-15-0065 (August 27, 2015)
- Consolidation of Mitigation Strategies Order, SBOMS Rulemaking, and Spent Fuel Pool Makeup Capability (COMSECY-13-0002) (January 25, 2013); Approval of Consolidation (SRM-COMSECY-13-0002) (March 4, 2013)
https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/ops-experience/japan-dashboard/emergency-procedures.html?source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup June 30, 2017
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A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world.
North Korea Trump team sanctions Chinese bank for helping North Korea nuclear program www.usatoday.com/story/news/ North Korea is nearing its goal: a thermonuclear bomb that can hit the US http://www.businessinsider. Go back to the drawing board: Current North Korea plan is broken http://thehill.com/blogs/ Commentary: How to stop Kim Jong Un using his nukes https://www.reuters.com/ United States NASA Revives Plan to Put Nuclear Reactors on Mars https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/ Safety problems at a Los Alamos laboratory delay U.S. nuclear warhead testing and production http://www.sciencemag.org/ Carbon-Free Nuclear Fusion Is Coming, if It Survives Trump’s Budget Cuts https://www.bloomberg.com/ International UN and EU praise Iran over nuclear deal but US is critical http://www.startribune.com/un- U.S., allies disagree about Iran's nuke deal compliance http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ IAEA: Iran Complying with Nuclear Deal https://www.voanews.com/a/ Fukushima nuclear disaster: Tepco executives on trial http://www.bbc.com/news/world- Nuclear waste-carrying ship sails for first time on German river http://www.dw.com/en/nuclear- Ukrainian Firefighters Battle Forest Fire Near Chernobyl Nuclear Plant https://www.rferl.org/a/ At Vienna forum, young people raise their voices for world free of nuclear weapons http://www.un.org/apps/news/ Send Jodi Lieberman items of interest for the Nuclear Roundup at brodnica67@gmail.com. Receive this message as a forward? Subscribe to the Nuclear Roundup here. |
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Thursday, June 29, 2017
Ransomware in disguise: Experts say Petya out to destroy not ransom
Ransomware in disguise: Experts say Petya out to destroy not ransom
Security experts have said the Petya malware is out to irrecoverably wipe information, not hold to it to ransom.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/ransomware-in-disguise-experts-say-petya-out-to-destroy-not-ransom/?loc=newsletter_large_thumb_featured&ftag=TRE-03-10aaa6b&bhid=25151283725937532891160407260705
Are Canadian fish being poisoned by radiation from Japan?
Are Canadian fish being poisoned by radiation from Japan?
In 2015, a single salmon caught in Osoyoos Lake in British Columbia was found to contain very low levels of a radioactive isotope called caesium-134.
https://cosmosmagazine.com/chemistry/are-canadian-fish-being-poisoned-by-radiation-from-japan
General Electric Builds an AI Workforce
General Electric Builds an AI Workforce
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/607962/general-electric-builds-an-ai-workforce/?utm_source=MIT+Technology+Review&utm_campaign=93922b9d9d-weekly_roundup_2017-06-29_edit&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_997ed6f472-93922b9d9d-153856085&goal=0_997ed6f472-93922b9d9d-153856085&mc_cid=93922b9d9d&mc_eid=e25735476a
Natural Gas And Electric Grid Reliability
Natural Gas And Electric Grid Reliability
http://breakingenergy.com/2017/06/28/natural-gas-and-electric-grid-reliability/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=53714880&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_ESuS0BF_pz79Hka0Kzv_wu5o9QTrPJOnD7bEJ6ydThCQyOx2P-55Xx6KXDTaXUDoJuWdVAhzqu4_Q1pbg9oxPl223QQ&_hsmi=53714880
The Energy Collective Daily: Is the U.S. Close To Achieving 'Energy Dominance'?
Is The U.S. Close To Achieving ‘Energy Dominance’? | The Energy Collective Daily |
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- Is The U.S. Close To Achieving ‘Energy Dominance’?
- U.S. Biofuels Take Revenue Hit But Get New Target Less Constrained by ‘Blend Wall’
- Energy Efficiency Deserves Center Stage During President’s Energy Week
- Brexit, One Year On: Green Tape, Fossil Fuels, and Climate Science Deniers
- Texas Should Listen to Its Own Scientific Task Force About Methane
- U.S. Ethanol Production Capacity Continues to Increase
- The Sol Source: Solar Report, June 2017
Fukushima Update 6/29/17
Tepco applies to the NRA for permission to freeze the last section of their ice wall… IRID is developing a way to stop leaks in the PCVs… The giant cover for F. Daiichi unit #3 is delivered by sea… All electric utility minority shareowner’s antinuclear proposals are summarily rejected… Shizuoka’s governor restates he will not approve restart for Hamaoka station.
http://www.hiroshimasyndrome.
ANS Nuclear Policy Wire June 29, 2017 Onwards and Upwards
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June 29, 2017
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Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup June 29, 2017
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