NRC has requested $20-mil for 2006 to prepare for new reactor
New York (Platts)--1Jun2005
NRC has requested $20-mil for fiscal 2006 to prepare for new reactor licensing applications and expects to seek a similar amount for FY-07, the agency said in response to a senator's question. Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) asked NRC in follow-up questions to an Apr 26 hearing on DOE's Nuclear Power 2010 initiative whether the agency had the resources it needs to review the early site permits, design certifications, and combined construction permit-operating license requests the industry anticipates filing. NRC said in May 17 correspondence, posted on May 31 on its document system Adams, that it will need to significantly increase the size of the staff beginning in FY-08 if the industry applications materialize. It also anticipates having to expand office space and has begun working with the General Services Administration, which is the federal government's leasing and purchasing agent. This story was originally published in Nuclear News Flashes http://www.nuclearnews.platts.com
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