Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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Illustration on further bureaucratic complications at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Rep. Michael Burgess, Texas Republican, tours Yucca Mountain in Nevada after newly published Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff findings appear to provide wiggle room for adopting rules to open a national nuclear waste dump in the Nevada desert, if decision-makers want to go forward. (ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS)

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Schot, NRC Handelsblad, Rotterdam, Netherlands

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The NRC tests its upgraded Operations Center, located in the agency’s new Three White Flint North headquarters building, with a four-hour simulated power plant incident. July 18, 2013. (credit: Nuclear Regulatory Commission)

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A proposal to build a third nuclear reactor at the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant in Lusby, Md., was rejected Monday by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** In this undated handout photo made available by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1, is seen in Lusby, Md. (Associated Press/USNC)