I got a note from an Eric McErlain, who bills himself as being with the Nuclear Energy Institute, responding to this post.

Here's the text:

The universities aren't just whining, there are real questions about the methods the interns used, and specifically, about the details they omitted from their reporting.

I've been following this story since August, when I found some documents on the NRC site referring to the reactor visits.  Here are some links you might find helpful:

http://tinyurl.com/cbpsz

http://tinyurl.com/d2ean

http://tinyurl.com/bu62d

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Eric McErlain
Nuclear Energy Institute
http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com