Sentences with phrase «nuclear safety watchdog»

Since its founding in 1969, UCS has served as a nuclear safety watchdog.

Since its founding, the Union of Concerned Scientists has served as a nuclear safety watchdog, working to ensure that U.S. nuclear power is adequately safe and secure.

Not exact matches

The Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan has thrust the NRC's role as industry overseer squarely in the spotlight, but another critical player in U.S. nuclear safety is the NRC's Office of the Inspector General, an independent agency that serves as watchdog to the watchdog.

The state safety watchdog, the Office for Nuclear Regulation, told Climate News Network that keeping them open is fine by them.

UCS has served as an industry watchdog for over four decades, and we have repeatedly seen that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) does not enforce its own safety regulations.

An example is the Union of Concerned Scientists, a group that says it is neither pro- nor anti-nuclear power but has served as nuclear power and safety watchdog for 50 years.