NEI's favorite race car driver, Simona De Silvestro, has just debuted a brand new Web page. We urge you to stop by and check out simonadesilvestro.com.
While you're there, you'll notice that Simona is urging her fans to support the Children's Burn Foundation. Recently, Simona donated an autographed wing from her car that the charity will auction at a future event -- a wing that features the NEI logo (see above).
Below is from our rapid response team . Yesterday, regional anti-nuclear organizations asked federal nuclear energy regulators to launch an investigation into what it claims are “newly identified flaws” in Westinghouse’s advanced reactor design, the AP1000. During a teleconference releasing a report on the subject, participants urged the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to suspend license reviews of proposed AP1000 reactors. In its news release, even the groups making these allegations provide conflicting information on its findings. In one instance, the groups cite “dozens of corrosion holes” at reactor vessels and in another says that eight holes have been documented. In all cases, there is another containment mechanism that would provide a barrier to radiation release. Below, we examine why these claims are unwarranted and why the AP1000 design certification process should continue as designated by the NRC. Myth: In the AP1000 reactor design, the gap between the shield bu...
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