Gao-06-1029 Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Gao-06-1029 Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Author: United States Government Accountability Office

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2018-01-30

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9781984394224

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GAO-06-1029 Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Oversight of Nuclear Power Plant Safety Has Improved, but Refinements Are Needed


Nuclear Safety

Nuclear Safety

Author: Mark Gaffigan

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2009-02

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 1437907601

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After a 1975 fire at the Browns Ferry nuclear plant in Alabama threatened the unit¿s ability to shut down safely, the Nuclear Regulatory Comm. (NRC) issued prescriptive fire safety rules for commercial nuclear units. However, nuclear units with different designs and different ages have had difficulty meeting these rules and have sought exemptions to them. In 2004, NRC began to encourage the nation¿s 104 nuclear units to transition to a less prescriptive, risk-informed approach that will analyze the fire risks of individual nuclear units. This report examines: (1) the number and causes of fire incidents at nuclear units since 1995; (2) compliance with NRC fire safety regulations; and (3) the transition to the new approach. Includes recommendations. Illustrations.


The American West at Risk

The American West at Risk

Author: Howard G. Wilshire

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2008-06-05

Total Pages: 634

ISBN-13: 0199881669

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The American West at Risk summarizes the dominant human-generated environmental challenges in the 11 contiguous arid western United States - America's legendary, even mythical, frontier. When discovered by European explorers and later settlers, the west boasted rich soils, bountiful fisheries, immense, dense forests, sparkling streams, untapped ore deposits, and oil bonanzas. It now faces depletion of many of these resources, and potentially serious threats to its few "renewable" resources. The importance of this story is that preserving lands has a central role for protecting air and water quality, and water supplies--and all support a healthy living environment. The idea that all life on earth is connected in a great chain of being, and that all life is connected to the physical earth in many obvious and subtle ways, is not some new-age fad, it is scientifically demonstrable. An understanding of earth processes, and the significance of their biological connections, is critical in shaping societal values so that national land use policies will conserve the earth and avoid the worst impacts of natural processes. These connections inevitably lead science into the murkier realms of political controversy and bureaucratic stasis. Most of the chapters in The American West at Risk focus on a human land use or activity that depletes resources and degrades environmental integrity of this resource-rich, but tender and slow-to-heal, western U.S. The activities include forest clearing for many purposes; farming and grazing; mining for aggregate, metals, and other materials; energy extraction and use; military training and weapons manufacturing and testing; road and utility transmission corridors; recreation; urbanization; and disposing of the wastes generated by everything that we do. We focus on how our land-degrading activities are connected to natural earth processes, which act to accelerate and spread the damages we inflict on the land. Visit www.theamericanwestatrisk.com to learn more about the book and its authors.


Contesting The Future Of Nuclear Power: A Critical Global Assessment Of Atomic Energy

Contesting The Future Of Nuclear Power: A Critical Global Assessment Of Atomic Energy

Author: Benjamin K Sovacool

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company

Published: 2011-05-05

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9813107979

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This book provides a concise but rigorous appraisal about the future of nuclear power and the presumed nuclear renaissance. It does so by assessing the technical, economic, environmental, political, and social risks related to all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle, from uranium mills and mines to nuclear reactors and spent fuel storage facilities. In each case, the book argues that the costs of nuclear power significantly outweigh its benefits. It concludes by calling for investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency as a better path towards an affordable, secure, and socially acceptable future.The prospect of a global nuclear renaissance could change the way that energy is produced and used the world over. Sovacool takes a hard look at who would benefit — mostly energy companies and manufacturers — and who would suffer — mostly taxpayers, those living near nuclear facilities, and electricity customers. This book is a must-read for anyone even remotely concerned about a sustainable energy future, and also for those with a specific interest in modern nuclear power plants.


High-Containment Laboratories

High-Containment Laboratories

Author: United States Government Accountability Office

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2018-02-03

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9781984167101

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High-Containment Laboratories: National Strategy for Oversight Is Needed


GAO Documents

GAO Documents

Author: United States. General Accounting Office

Publisher:

Published:

Total Pages: 980

ISBN-13:

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Catalog of reports, decisions and opinions, testimonies and speeches.