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USA Federal Register contains new rules for nuclear facilities: comments received until June 13

New regs for Monday: Nuclear, relocation, pesticides, The Hill, BY TIM DEVANEY – 05/05/17 Monday’s edition of the Federal Register contains new rules for nuclear facilities, relocation expenses for federal employees and a review of various pesticides.

Here’s what is happening:

Nuclear: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering new procedures for decommissioning nuclear power reactors. As part of the rulemaking process, the commission is publishing a preliminary draft regulatory analysisof the decommissioning rule.

The NRC hopes the new rules will make the decommissioning process more efficient.

The public has until June 13 to comment on the analysis….http://thehill.com/regulation/332074-new-regs-for-monday-nuclear-relocation-pesticides

May 6, 2017 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA