In a regulatory change that would create new headaches for NRG Energy's new reactors project at the South Texas Project nuclear plant, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in October issued a draft rule that would require already approved reactor designs to be evaluated for possible changes to protect against airplane attacks, a switch from the commissions previous plan. The NRC's initial version of the rule, issued in April 2004, would have applied the new airplane-protection requirements only to new reactor…
NRC Expands Aircraft Rule, but Critics Remain
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