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NRC recently hosted staff from the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety for an on site look at an active decommissioning inspection at the Kewaunee site. The visit gave KINS firsthand insight into NRC inspection practices and strengthened our shared commitment to nuclear safety.
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🎤 Listen to Commissioner Marzano speak at the 2026 NRC All Employees meeting.
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A skilled nuclear workforce is essential to NRC’s mission. Our staff joined industry, government, academia, and labor leaders at the Nuclear Energy Workforce Summit to discuss workforce challenges, future needs, and priorities for nuclear energy.
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We’re enabling the safe and secure use of digital technology in nuclear power plants for the benefit of society and the environment and we’re having a public meeting to continue our path forward for predictable, timely, and efficient licensing reviews. nrc.gov/public-meetings-hear…
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🎤 Commissioner Crowell spoke at the 2026 NRC All Employees Meeting about the importance of safety culture as well as the current work to revise NRC regulations. Hear what he had to say about this important rulemaking effort ⬇️
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#NRCNews: We've updated and renewed the design certification for the Westinghouse AP 1000 based on Vogtle lessons learned, streamlining future reactor licensing. nrc.gov/about-nrc/news-relea…
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ALT Large cooling tower emitting steam at a power plant facility under a partly cloudy sky.

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✅#NRCNews: We've begun a special inspection at the Dresden Nuclear Power Station in Morris, Illinois. nrc.gov/about-nrc/news-relea…
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We’ve given Salem Units 1 and 2 the OK to be the first pressurized-water reactors to produce Cobalt-60. The isotope can sterilize medical equipment, help keep food safe and meet other industrial needs. nrc.gov/docs/ML2625/ML26257A…
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🎤 Commissioner Wright spoke with one of our Senior International Relations Officers at the 2026 NRC All Employees Meeting about the important work the NRC does to help advance U.S. foreign policy goals overseas.
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🎉 First of a kind: NRC’s draft environmental impact statement on the Fermi America/Project Matador reactors was based on an applicant-prepared EIS — a new approach that could streamline future reviews while upholding NRC’s environmental standards. federalregister.gov/d/2026-2…
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📍 NRC senior managers recently visited Palisades nuclear plant as part of our continued oversight to ensure the historic restart is done safely.
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🇺🇸 The world is watching the NRC’s regulatory reforms. In his conversation with @FederalNewsNet's Terry Gerton, Chairman Nieh discussed how the U.S. is moving to safely and securely accelerate nuclear deployment, and why countries around the world are looking to follow suit.
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🗓️ #NRCAdvisory: NRC Commissioners will host a public meeting in Texas to hear from NRC's regional management and staff about enhancements to reactor and materials oversight over the first 100 days of the NRC reorganization. nrc.gov/about-nrc/news-relea…
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🎤 Chairman Nieh kicks off the 2026 NRC All Employees meeting.
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📍 This month, Beaver Valley Power Station’s Unit 1 marks 50 years of commercial operation, 11 years ahead of Unit 2. Located along the Ohio River, they have a combined electrical capacity of 1,704 megawatts, enough to power roughly 1.6 million Pennsylvania homes annually.
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🇺🇸 The NRC joined @SBAgov's Freedom 250 event, engaging with senior White House officials, Presidential appointees, @OpenAI, @Google, and small business offices from @CommerceGov and @ENERGY to celebrate entrepreneurship, innovation, and domestic supply chain strength.
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🗓️ #NRCAdvisory: We've scheduled two webinars Oct. 8 and 14 to discuss our proposed overhaul of nuclear reactor licensing and oversight. nrc.gov/about-nrc/news-relea…
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✅We updated exemptions for materials licensing, reducing administrative burden for low-risk radioactive materials. These changes improve efficiency and clarity while keeping public health and safety our top priority. nrc.gov/docs/ML2627/ML26274A…
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HISTORIC: We just approved the first-ever U.S. commercial small modular reactor construction permit, completed ahead of schedule in just 14 months, through efficient, safety-focused review. The future of advanced nuclear starts now. nrc.gov/about-nrc/news-relea… #NRCNews
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