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Lucinda Langworthy is an Environmental Attorney at Hunton Andrews Kurth Law Firm, specializing in matters concerning federal air quality standards under the Clean Air Act, advising clients in complex administrative proceedings to set and implement such standards and in related litigation in federal courts.

The Commission may serve as the "presiding officer" for these hearings or it may delegate that function.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently issued SRM-SECY-21-0107, in which it approved the NRC Staff’s recommendation to delegate authority to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board...

LAS VEGAS -- Mounting opposition to proposed nuclear waste storage sites in Texas and New Mexico has kept Yucca Mountain in Nevada in the national debate over what to do with the growing stockpile of radioactive material scattered around the country.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mounting opposition to proposed nuclear waste storage sites in Texas and New Mexico has kept Yucca Mountain in Nevada in the national debate over what to

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mounting opposition to proposed nuclear waste storage sites in Texas...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mounting opposition to proposed nuclear waste storage sites in Texas...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mounting opposition to proposed nuclear waste storage sites in Texas...

In a recent Memorandum and Order (Order), an NRC Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Board) unanimously granted summary disposition to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)...

The NRC’s Office of Investigations (OI) recently published its  Annual Report FY 2020, summarizing its activities during the last fiscal year. The annual report shows that OI opened 13% more cases in 2020 than in 2019, reversing the downward trend seen over the last several years. The increase in the number of opened investigations is notable given the quarantine and travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the fact that many licensees reduced their onsite staffing to minimize...