NRC has requested $20-mil for 2006 to prepare for new reactor

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.

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