NRC Should Make Cooling-Pool Safety a Priority, Staff Says
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission should require reactor owners to have sufficient equipment to keep cooling pools that store nuclear waste safe during disasters, the agency staff told commissioners.
The agency should consider the requirement “without delay,” R.W. Borchardt, NRC executive director for operations, said in an Oct. 3 report released today by the commission.