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This authoritative guide provides official information on nuclear power plants and the nuclear energy industry with coverage of commercial reactor designs, safety, emergency preparedness, security, renewals, new designs, licensing, American plants, decommissioning, soviet plants, fuel cycle, and more. Contents include: Pressurized Water Reactors (PWRs) * Boiling Water Reactors (BWRs) * Reactors by Region in the U.S. * March 2011 * List of Power Reactor Units * New Nuclear Plant Designs * Emergency Preparedness at Nuclear Power Plants * Emergency Planning Zones * Emergency Classification * Terrorism and Emergency Preparedness * Oversight of Nuclear Power Plants * Inspection Program * Nuclear Reactor Risk * Policy, Regulations, and Regulatory Framework * Seismic Issues for Existing Nuclear Power Plants * Environmental Monitoring * Underground Pipes at Nuclear Reactors * Reactor License Renewal * Nuclear Security * Security Inspections and Rulemaking * Force-on-Force Security Inspections * Nuclear Power for Electrical Generation Reactor Concepts Manual * Reactor Fuel Assemblies * High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor (HTGR) * Outlook for New U.S. Reactors * Current Status of U.S. Nuclear Industry * Federal Initiatives To Encourage New Nuclear Power Plant Construction * Nuclear Power in the U.S. - An Overview * Nuclear Power and the Environment * The Nuclear Fuel Cycle * U.S. Nuclear Power History * TVA's Nuclear at a Glance * Soviet Nuclear Power Plant Designs * International Nuclear Event Scale * Nuclear Power Options Viability Study * Advanced Nuclear Energy * Decommissioning Nuclear Power Plants * Demolition of a Reactor Containment Building * Decommissioning Status for Shut Down NRC-Licensed Power Reactors * Frequently Asked Questions About License Applications for New Nuclear Power Reactors. In the U.S., 104 commercial nuclear power reactors are licensed to operate at 65 sites in 31 States. For each site, there are onsite and offsite emergency plans to assure that a