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Air-sampling technology market goes nuclear

January 6, 2011Tess Nacelewicz

NORWELL, Mass.—About half of the nation's 104 nuclear power plants plan to update their fire protection programs based on NFPA 805, a new set of risk-based fire protection standards for nuclear reactors, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced this week. The switch is expected to generate increased revenue for companies like Xtralis that make and/or supply fire products to the highly-regulated nuclear industry. That's because to meet the new standards, which reactors can choose...

Julia Milstead, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), nuclear power plants, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Ron Robertson, Safe Fire Detection, Steven Joseph, VESDA, Xtralis