EPA has issued notice seeking public input to revise the 1977 nuclear radiation standards to reflect recent scientific information. On February 4, 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, seeking public comment on potential approaches to revise the 1977 Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Nuclear Power Operations. The proposed…...
DOE’s new efficiency standards for external power supplies update 2007 standards and establish new standards for power supplies that are currently not subject to regulations. On February 3, 2014, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued new energy efficiency standards for external power supplies (EPS) used in consumer applications to convert wall outlet power into lower…...
Drilling operations in Shell’s second Mars field platform are expected to push the Shell’s Mars field oil production levels to 100,000 barrels per day in 2016. On February 4, 2014, Royal Dutch Shell Plc announced it started oil production from the Mars B field through Olympus, the largest deep-water floating platform in the Gulf of…...