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Tougher Airplane Protection Rules May Slow New Nukes

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Monday, February 23rd, 2009

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By Jeff Beattie In a substantial policy change that could slow some nuclear projects, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) last week significantly toughened existing requirements that new U.S. reactors be designed to withstand the impact of large commercial aircraft. The NRC dropped previous regulatory language requiring reactor designers to merely show that they incorporated features that would "mitigate" the effects of an aircraft collision "to the extent practical." In place of that language, the new draft final rule sets specific…

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