The nuclear industry reported it wa

The nuclear industry reported it was “surprised” and “disappointed.” Licensees, they noted, had improved their maintenance programs and “existing regulations were fully adequate.” Commissioner Forrest Remick voted against the rule as unnecessary and counterproductive. In communications with Curtiss, industry opinion was less diplomatic. One industry executive called the rule “a regulatory surprise” that would be an “arduous task to implement” and “will drain significant industry experience, expertise, time and money.” He wondered whether “nuclear power has a place in an environment where cost containment will be the only means of survival.”