Interest groups are weighing in on a new rule the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering that addresses alternating-current electrical power loss at U.S. nuclear reactors.
Following the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi disaster, the NRC began to take a hard look at its own station-blackout rule. On March 20, it published a notice to open comment to proposed revisions in the station-blackout rule. Further, a task force spotlighted station-blackout strategies as a priority last summer.