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Cyber

Nuclear Plans Sufficiently Addressing Cyber Threats, NRC Says

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, August 17th, 2017

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Nuclear Plans Sufficiently Addressing Cyber Threats, NRC Says

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) believes that licensed operators of U.S. nuclear plants are providing sufficient resources to counter cyber threats, according to the agency's response to a letter from Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.).Markey raised concerns in a July 10 letter to the heads of the NRC and several other federal agencies following news reports of cyber attacks on U.S. nuclear power installations. The lawmaker expressed specific concern about the potential for sabotage of a reactor core or storage pool…

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