Majority of NRC commissioners endorse AP1000 reactor design Washington (Platts)–13Dec2011/815 pm EST/115 GMT A third member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, William Magwood, voted to approve the final rule certifying the amended design of Westinghouse’s AP1000 reactor, the agency said…
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Generators Go Forward and Step Backwards
NRC Certifies Amended ABWR Design POWERnews The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on Tuesday certified an amended version of the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR), the third-generation reactor design offered separately by GE-Hitachi and Toshiba, which has been chosen for new…