Sentences with phrase «u.s. reactor operations»

Jaczko told the Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee that measures to protect both U.S. reactor operations and the spent fuel pools have been taken on a case - by - case basis for each U.S. reactor since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Not exact matches

Regardless of the ability of the vents to function appropriately, one clear difference exists between the operation of such boiling - water reactors in the U.S. versus those in Japan — in the U.S., reactor operators have the authority to vent radioactive steam or hydrogen gas as conditions warrant.

U.S. policy should aim at development of self - sustaining «fast» reactors that generate enough fuel to maintain operations, rather than pursuing breeder reactors that create excess fuel, the report says.

For example, even though more than a decade has passed since the last U.S. reactor began operation, more than 20 new nuclear plants are being planned.

The NRC must require all new U.S. reactors to be significantly safer than ones currently in operation, otherwise safer reactors will not be economically competitive.

The last new U.S. nuclear power reactor built went into operation in 1996, but construction on that unit began before the Three Mile Island incident in 1979 helped slam the brakes on the industry's first phase of widespread growth.