According to staff recommendations, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission should strengthen its environmental justice strategy in order to better reach tribes, minorities, and low-income communities who bear the brunt nuclear industry development. PublicationTuesday
The April 2021 commission, charged with licensing and regulating safety at country’s nuclear reactors, requested staff to conduct a comprehensive review.
NRC staff recommended updating a 1995 environment justice strategy and a 2004 statement of policy. This was due to confusion and inconsistency with how the policy is applied. The policy statement is conflicting in its guidance on whether to prepare…
