Groups petition US NRC to suspend nuclear power license reviews

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http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/ElectricPower/6998548

A coalition of 45 groups and individuals has asked the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission to "immediately suspend" all licensing of new nuclear power reactors and license renewals for operating reactors "until the the agency completes a thorough post-Fukushima reactor crisis examination," the coalition said Thursday.

The groups said "the commission should suspend all decisions regarding the issuance of construction permits, new reactor licenses, combined construction permit and operating licenses, early site permits, license renewals, or standardized design certification" pending completion of reviews now being conducted by the NRC staff of lessons learned from the ongoing accident at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima 1 plant.

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