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Does US NRC Think They are Chimps or Robots? Similar Isn’t the Same: Zircaloy and Areva’s M5 Alloy are not the same

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How does French State owned nuclear behemoth Areva spell regulatory relief? Like Holtec and others: “US NRC”. While the underfunded and understaffed French regulator, the ASN, has been holding Areva’s feet to the fire over defects, of late, the overfunded and overstaffed USNRC continues to coddle Areva. The US NRC claimed that they would receive more information from Areva on potentially flawed Areva-Le Creusot Forge nuclear parts in the US by the end of July. No information can be found. In its stead one finds information about two NRC regulatory exemptions for Areva. The first exemption has to do with spent fuel cask welding defects (still pending). The second, found below, has to do with helping a utility change to an apparently unapproved Areva M5 fuel cladding by granting an exemption, for reasons unknown. In stark contrast, the French regulatory, ASN, continues to provide information on potential Areva defects…

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August 9, 2016 - Posted by | Uncategorized

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    miningawareness's avatar Comment by miningawareness | August 10, 2016 | Reply

    • Thank you, miningawareness. Your articles are always so very welcome – well researched, detailed, full of information.
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      Christina Macpherson's avatar Comment by Christina MacPherson | August 10, 2016 | Reply

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        miningawareness's avatar Comment by miningawareness | August 11, 2016


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