U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Renews Contract with Southwest Research Institute

摘要

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed its contract with Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), based in San Antonio, Texas, to operate the Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses (CNWRA) for the fifth time, SwRI has announced. The institute said five-year contract, valued at almost $76 million, assures continuing technical assistance and research support to NRC activities related to storage, transportation, possible reprocessing and ultimate geological disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive wastes through September 2017. The CNWRA has been located at and operated by SwRI since it was created in 1987.