By Jeff Beattie In a regulatory change that would create new headaches for NRG Energy's new reactors project at the South Texas Project nuclear plant, the NRC earlier this month 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 commission's previous plan. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's initial version of the rule, issued in April 2004, would have applied the new airplane-protection requirements only to…
NRC Expands Aircraft Rule, But Critics Remain
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