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The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) addressed in a January 26th letter to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) a...

Most New Orleanians shutter at the thought of having to go to City Hall to get a permit — any permit. It’s not now, nor has it ever been, a quick, easy or transparent process. The requirements are hard to understand. A staff person might not be available to discuss or explain a puzzling issue, […]

Vancouver city council has unanimously approved a motion directing staff to look into the pros and cons of guaranteed wait times for building permits amid a soaring number of requests across the city.

The City of Vancouver will explore the feasibility and effectiveness of giving itself guaranteed timelines to approve building permits.

A recent video put out by Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre has struck a nerve, but Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart disagrees with his claims.

The application and interpretation of the same safety objectives into specific national regulatory requirements and guidance result in significant differences between the same reactor design when deployed in different countries, writes Claude Mayoral. A more harmonised approach to regulation will be needed to enable the widespread deployment of small modular and advanced reactor designs.

For small modular reactors to play their part in the clean energy transition, it is crucial that vendors and regulators engage early to clarify the degree of design maturity required to start the licensing process, according to a new report published today by World Nuclear Association. National regulators should collaborate through bilateral and multinational agreements on design and safety reviews, share technical reviews, establish common positions on safety criteria, and make appropriate use ...