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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission weakens some regulations in view of COVID-19

Nuclear regulators ease some power reactor regs in response to COVID-19,  By Matthew Bandyk Utility Dive, March 31, 2020, 

  • In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its strain on available nuclear plant personnel, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is allowing power reactor operators to apply for temporary exemptions from regulations limiting the amount of hours workers can stay on the job, according to a letter released by the agency on Monday.
  • In addition, the NRC staff is also working on a separate memorandum that will guide nuclear plants as to which labor and time-intensive tasks they can temporarily waive, such as many of the inspections during refueling outages………
Edwin Lyman, director of nuclear power safety for the Union of Concerned Scientists, argues that limiting these inspections and other activities has a tradeoff with risk. …….. https://www.utilitydive.com/news/nuclear-regulators-ease-some-power-reactor-regs-in-response-to-covid-19/575000/
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April 2, 2020 - Posted by | health, safety, USA

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  1. […] Nuclear regulators ease some power reactor regs in response to COVID-19,  By Matthew Bandyk Utility Dive, March 31, 2020,  In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its strain on available nuclear plant personnel, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is allowing power reactor operators to apply for temporary exemptions from regulations limiting the amount of hours […] Source: nuclear-news […]

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