NRC must sort out spent fuel control, accountability
Washington (Platts)--12Apr2005
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission should establish specific requirements for control and accounting of spent fuel at nuclear reactors, the Government Accountability Office recommended in a report released Friday. It also suggested NRC establish inspection procedures to verify compliance and assess licensees' tracking programs. The report, requested by four legislators, was prompted by the discovery of missing spent fuel at Dominion's Millstone in 2000 and at Entergy Nuclear's Vermont Yankee and Pacific Gas and Electric Co's Humboldt Bay plants in 2004. The fuel later was accounted for at Vermont Yankee, but never found at Millstone. Officials still are searching for the fuel at Humboldt Bay. The GAO report said NRC generally agreed with its conclusions and that it will revise its guidance and inspection procedures for material control and accounting programs. This story was originally published in Platts Electricity Alert http://www.electricityalert.platts.com
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