Aging Reactors

NIRS presented to NRC Safety Research Conference on a panel discussion of  “Material Degradation: Present and Future Directions” where NIRS revealed that a federal laboratory tests of mock-ups of the severely corroded as found Davis-Besse reactor pressure vessel head burst  at less than the reactor’s normal operational pressure.

NIRS PowerPoint presentation “Case for Closing Oyster Creek” , Lacey Township, New Jersey.

NIRS comments to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission regarding the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for reactor license extensions or license renewal.

NIRS fact sheet focuses on the sudden and unexpected discovery of cracking of stainless steel penetration sleeves in the bottom reactor vessel head at South Texas Project nuclear generating station.

NIRS comments to NRC in support of communications that strengthen requirements for inspection of deteriorating steam generator tubes in Pressurized Water Reactors.

NIRS letter to NRC Commission Chair Nils Diaz in follow-up to NIRS presentation to NRC Commissioners February 2003 conveying continued concern that the federal nuclear safety agency has not learned the most significant lesson from the near miss accident at Davis-Besse nuclear station (2002) regarding failure to enforce safety guidelines and an agency Order in a gamble to give FirstEnergy more production time.

NIRS speech to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulatory Information Conference workshop focuses on material degradation of reactor internal components.

NIRS presented to the Commissioners of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission its concerns with the near-miss accident of the Davis-Besse nuclear power station and the agency’s abandonment of its safety principles for an industry production agenda.

Office of Inspector General Report on NRC/First Energy deficiences at Davis-Besse,