Nuclear Reactors 326 - NRC Order Comprehensive Inspection of Troubled Arkansas Nuclear One Power Plant

         The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has a system for assessing the status of nuclear power reactors in the U.S. and deciding what action the Commission should take with respect to a particular reactor. It is called the Reactor Oversight Process Action Matrix. It has five column. The program draws information for reactor inspections and performance indications in order to make an objective assessment.

Radioactive Waste 162 - Japan is Shipping Plutonium to the U.S. for Storage

        One of the byproducts of the operation of nuclear reactors is the creation of plutonium. Plutonium is a toxic radioactive metal that is primarily useful for the creation of nuclear weapons. Hundreds of tons have been produced by nuclear reactors and every day more is being produced.

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