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Simpson Questions Office of Nuclear Energy Funding and NRC’s Management

| Posted in Op-eds
Tags: Energy

Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson challenged the two arms of the government’s nuclear energy organizations, the Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), when they came to testify before the House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee.  The FY13 budget request for the Department of Energy decreases funding for the Office of Nuclear Energy…

Co-Chairs of Nuclear Issues Working Group Issue Statement on Approval of Nuclear Reactor

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Tags: Energy

U.S. Representatives Jason Altmire (PA-04), Judy Biggert (IL-13), and Mike Simpson (ID-02), Co-Chairs of the House Nuclear Issues Working Group, today released the following statement on the announcement that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved the first new nuclear power plant permit in 30 years.  The new permit will allow Southern Co. to construct two new nuclear…