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Incomplete Process Should Trigger Continued Suspension of All Reactor Licensing, Re-Licensing WASHINGTON, Jan. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In documents filed Wednesday with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), a wide range of national and grassroots environmental groups said it would be impossible for the NRC to adequately conduct a court-ordered assessment of the environmental implications of long-term storage of spent nuclear reactor fuel in the two short years the...
Both will report directly to J. Craig Venter, Ph.D., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer SAN DIEGO and ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) today announced new management changes, naming Karen Nelson, Ph.D., as President and Robert Friedman, Ph.D., as Chief Operating Officer. Both will report directly to J. Craig Venter, Ph.D., who will continue to lead the organization as Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of...
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Human Circuit announced the completion of the Mayor and Council Chambers upgrade project, the second phase of Rockville 11's HD workflow infrastructure improvement mission. This is one of many on-going projects with Rockville 11 since the beginning of this sustained relationship that started when the City of Rockville contracted with Human Circuit in 2010 to update the master control, playback server and editing systems. Bridget...
ROCKVILLE, Md., July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BioHealth Innovation, Inc. (BHI), a regional private-public partnership focusing on commercializing market-relevant biohealth innovations and increasing access to early-stage funding in Central Maryland, announced today that it has located its corporate headquarters in the historic Wire Hardware Building at 22 Baltimore Road in Rockville. BHI also announced the creation of two new staff positions filled by recent hires Ethan Byler as...
DULLES, Va., July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Compusearch® is pleased to announce it has been awarded a contract by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Enterprise Services Center (ESC), to provide PRISM software licenses and associated implementation services in support of FAA-ESC's deployment of an integrated procurement solution to their new client, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). FAA-ESC is a Shared Services Provider and as such does not receive...
24 Groups and Individuals Seek Suspension of Final Agency Decisions on Reactors in States of AL, CA, FL, MD, MI, MS, MO, NH, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX and VA. WASHINGTON, June 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) must not make final licensing decisions until it has completed a rulemaking action on the environmental impacts of highly radioactive nuclear waste in the form of spent, or 'used', reactor fuel storage and disposal, as required under the...
Award recognizes her courageous leadership and dedication. LaGrange Park, IL (PRWEB) June 12, 2012 American Nuclear Society (ANS) President Eric Loewen today announced that Ms. Kristine Svinicki of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will receive a 2012 ANS Presidential Citation. Commissioner Svinicki will receive her award during the ANS President’s Special Session at the ANS Annual Conference: “Nuclear Science and Technology: Managing the Global Impact of Economic and Natural...
FAIRFIELD, Calif., April 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Solano Land Trust has been granted an extension in its campaign to complete its purchase of Rockville Trails, 1500 acres of sensitive habitat that forms the southwest gateway to the Western Hills of the Blue Ridge Berryessa Natural Area. The Land Trust secured an option to buy the property for $13.5 million as a result of a legal settlement. To date, $8.5 million of the purchase price has been secured. The Land Trust anticipates...
Certrec Offers NRC Docket File Retrieval of All Regulatory Correspondence and Documentation for Nuclear Licensees Ft. Worth, TX (PRWEB) February 28, 2012 Certrec, a leading provider of regulatory licensing and compliance solutions, is pleased to announce that it has the capability to retrieve docketed correspondence for NRC licensees through its acquisition of a collection of microfiche containing millions of pages of Nuclear Regulatory Commission docket files. The microfiche contains the...
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- International Isotopes Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: INIS), announces the NRC has commenced the public notification and comment period on the draft EIS for the Company's planned depleted uranium de-conversion facility. As a part of the public comment period process, the NRC plans a public meeting in Hobbs, New Mexico on February 2, 2012. In addition to the public meeting, comments on the project and the draft EIS will be taken until...
