NRC Orders Permanent Shutdown of Aerotest Nuclear Reactor

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(Newsroom America) -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has ordered the permanent closure of the Aerotest Radiography and Research Reactor in San Ramon, Calif., due to the unresolved foreign ownership of the reactor’s owner/operator, Aerotest.

The facility has been voluntarily shut down since October 2010.

“The agency’s Order prohibits Aerotest from operating the reactor in the future,” said Roy Zimmerman, Director of the NRC's Office of Enforcement.

"The NRC has also given Aerotest 30 days to provide an updated plan for properly managing the reactor fuel and other licensed material until it can be permanently disposed of, and for decommissioning the facility.”