Summary: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission

There are three primary federal and state regulatory commissions that govern industrial regulation. They include the Federal Power Commission, the Federal Energy Regulation Commission, and the Natural Gas Act. The Federal Power Commission, which was created in 1930, allowed cabinet members to coordinate federal hydropower dams and navigable waters that the federal government owned. Years later, the FPC became The Federal Energy Regulation Commission. The FERC oversee the transmission of liquefied natural gas, while still overseeing electricity and hydroelectric projects. The Federal Energy Regulation Commission possess control over electricity, natural gas pricing, and oil pipeline and non-federal hydropower projects. It is made up of five commissioners that are approved by the President with approval from the Senate. In 1938, the Natural Gas Act

Many Anti-Nuclear programs say nuclear energy is harmful, and other kinds of energy such as solar and wind energy should be used. There are the bad effects of these too. Wind Energy is responsible for 214,000-368,000 bird deaths in the United States. An experiment done by a Bay Area news station put dozens of solar panels in an uninhabited place on top of a hill. It ended up the same result as wind energy. With so many solar panels right next to each other, and the sun shining brightly down on them, it turned it into an “oven.” Meaning when any most birds flew by, they were immediately “cooked” and died, some were also injured and it may have died

Arjun Makhijani, a prominent researcher for The Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, claims that today’s emission rate of carbon dioxide is about nine gigatons annually and that the Earth only has the capability to absorb 3 gigatons annually—thus a problem arises. Furthermore, Makhijani states that about 2/3rds of the carbon dioxide emissions are caused by the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and petroleum. With those shocking statistics in mind, fossil fuel’s emission of carbon dioxide is thought to be the leading cause of climate change—which is responsible for irreversible and catastrophic changes to the Earth. Yet, scientist had tremendous difficulty finding a safe, effective, and efficient form of energy supply that will met the great consumption rate. Many prominent scientist suggest that nuclear power is the most plausible explanation and solution to the fuel crisis. However, despite nuclear power having a exponentially lower emission rate, it presents its own hazards and threats—such as the Chernobyl and the Three Mile Island incidents. These accidents have many activists and politicians cautious about the prospect of using nuclear power as a complete alternative to fossil fuels—regardless nuclear plants are responsible for 11% of the energy supplied to the world annually (World Nuclear Association.) What many of the activist and politicians seem to overlook is that fossil fuels are an indefinite energy supply and will quite possible run out within

January 1st 1946, the United Nations created the Atomic Energy Commission, whose sole purpose was to prepare proposals for the promotion of peaceful nuclear energy. On September 26th, General Andrew G.L. McNaughton, who was a commander of the Canadian Forces in England during WWII as well as the President of the National Research Council was appointed as the inaugural President of the Atomic Energy Control Board. On October 12th 1946, the Canadian government proclaimed the Atomic Energy Control Act which established the Atomic Energy Control Board as the regulator agency to provide for “control and supervision of the development, application and use of atomic energy and to enable Canada to participate effectively in measures of international

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is voting shortly on whether to restart Reactor I. The people have spoken. We say no.

After several weeks of investigating, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission assigned blame to the combination of incompetent employees and a defective and convoluted user interface. The most glaring of these user interface issues was found on the control panel itself. A light on the panel meant to indicate the position of the steam vent's valve was shown to be confirming that the vent was closed, while in truth the vent was open. Many workers were also discovered to have been improperly trained on appropriate procedure and the functions of some indicators, which led to the misreading of many of the plant's implements. NRC inspectors theorized that a nearly inescapable cycle of missteps and errors was set into motion, amplifying the severity of the situation with each passing moment.

Practice Problem 1: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has proposed a rule that allows nuclear power plants leeway in the disposal of nuclear waste, and thus lawmakers and citizens alike are oppose to this rule. Nevertheless, congress can consider public commentary; however, it is not mandated by law to withdraw an unfavorable rule even if the majority of the public opposes its guiding provisions.

Early in 1915 the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was formed. This was the government agency responsible for all the highly-sensitive aeronautical research in the United States.

A persistent state of stagnation has plagued the creation of low-level nuclear waste disposal sites for nearly three decades. To date, there are only four licensed facilities capable of accepting, storing, and disposing low-level waste in the United States (NRC 2015a). As an independent agency created by Congress in 1974, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regulates the creation and management of commercial low-level waste sites through licensing, inspection, and enforcement of its requirements. Due to the apparent lack of new disposal sites, a closer analysis of the NRC’s licensing requirements is needed. Is the current policy conducive to expansionary facilities in other parts of the nation? Are the technical and financial requirements established by the NRC for commercial facilities too steep to allow the creation of new facilities, creating a natural monopoly? In addressing these issues, the following analysis examines the NRC’s current policy compared to proposed alternatives using empirical and theoretical analyses. Finally, the goal and the final policy recommendation of this analysis is ultimately in line with the NRC’s overarching strategic values: safety and security.

William Tucker, author of "Why I still Support Nuclear Power, Even After Fukushima" explains, "It's not easy being a supporter of nuclear energy these days"(Tucker 228). Tucker questions why there is use of harmful nuclear energy when there are better technologies available; in contrast, he then provides examples that prove there are no better alternatives and other energy technologies are equally not without risk. In a five year period, uranium rods sit in a reactor core and transform six ounces of its original weight into energy and as a result obtains the ability to power a large city similarly to the size of San Francisco for five years (Tucker 228). Tucker shows how natural gas, wind mills, solar collectors, and hydroelectric dams are

After World War II, countries raced to develop and hoard nuclear weapons. Seemingly learning nothing from the atomic bombs detonated on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, nuclear weapons became necessary for smaller countries to have when their larger neighbors, like Soviet Russia and the United States, had enough to kill the world a few times over. America began to understand the gravity of nuclear arms when less predictable countries became armed similarly. In 1968, the nuclear Nonproliferation Act was signed by many nations, but through the decades violations of the treaty have been common .

After the World War 2 comes to an end, the US government formed together the Atomic Energy Commission to encourage the exploration of more peaceful alternative usage of nuclear materials instead of focusing on creation of weapons of mass destruction. Now almost several decades later, there has been one hundred and four nuclear reactors and counting built throughout the states that are harnessing a great amount of energy to meet the demand of one-fifth

Nuclear weapons have an effect on everyone in the world and even on the future generations. They affect everything from the soil to people’s genes. This research will make the reader more aware of a subject of a subject that is rarely talked about. America promotes non-proliferation but has more than 10 000 nuclear warheads in its arsenal. In addition, America is the only country to have ever used nuclear weapons; twice during WWII on Japan. This caused the death of hundreds of thousands with the effect of the bombs still being seen today. America has a huge influence over the weapons and nuclear industry and change must start from

Early in the morning of April 27, 1986, the world experienced its largest nuclear disaster ever (Gould 40). While violating safety protocol during a test, Reactor 4 at the Chernobyl power plant was placed in a severely unstable state, and in a matter of seconds the reactor output shot up to 120 times the rated output (Flavin 8). The resulting steam explosion tossed aside the reactor’s 1,000 ton concrete covering and released radioactive particles up to one and a half miles into the sky (Gould 38). The explosion and resulting fires caused 31 immediate deaths and over a thousand injuries, including radiation poisoning (Flavin 5). After the

as it was hoped to lower the price of electricity, and utilise nuclear power for