Jan

11

NuScale Submits Reactor Design To the NRC

January 11, 2017 | 2 Comments

NuScale Power is a step closer to seeing its nuclear reactor built in eastern Idaho. Having completed a 12,000-page design application for the federal regulator the Nuclear Regulatory Commission the firm expects to deliver the document describing the first-of-its-kind small modular reactor design tomorrow, Thursday, in Washington, D.C. Nuscale Power is the first of several […]

Jul

15

EPA Gets Another Shot at Regulating CO2

July 15, 2013 | 1 Comment

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated a three-year deferral put in place in 2011 by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that temporarily exempted paper and wood product manufacturers and ethanol producers from curbing the release of greenhouse gases, specifically CO2. The Appeals Court’s decision cited the U.S. Supreme Court […]

Jul

24

US Patent Office Starts Regulations From New Patent Law

July 24, 2012 | 3 Comments

The America Invents Act (2011, H,R. 1249), the first patent law reform in 60 years has started its rule making process. Surprised?  There’s a new patent law in the U.S. and it did get done under the radar of much of the economy unlike other revolutions over the past few years. In typical Congressional style […]

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