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3 hrs ago | NewsOK.com

Regulators raise concerns about Neb. nuke plant

Federal regulators say the utility that runs the Cooper nuclear power plant in southeast Nebraska needs to improve how workers respond to problems.

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Related Topix: Nebraska Government, Nebraska

7 hrs ago | Energy Tribune

GOP Bill Cuts Renewable Energy Spending in Half

House appropriators revealed Monday that they plan to cut Energy Department spending on renewable energy in half next year as part of their plan to cope with automatic sequestration cuts in fiscal 2014.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Rodney Frelinghuysen, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives

11 hrs ago | Government Executive

The Real Reason to Fight Nuclear Power Has Nothing to Do With Health Risks

Steam rises from the cooling towers of nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle, in Waynesboro, Ga.

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Related Topix: Waynesboro, GA

12 hrs ago | The York Daily Record

NRC: Pa. nuke building evacuated for CO2 release

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says a western Pennsylvania power plant had to evacuate a turbine building for about 90 minutes due to excess carbon dioxide.

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Related Topix: Beaver County, PA, Shippingport, PA

15 hrs ago | Discover

How opposed to nuclear energy are liberals?

The New York Times has a piece with the title A Rebel Filmmaker Tilts Conservative .

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19 hrs ago | The Washington Post

Nuclear Decommissioning Surge Is Investor Guessing Game: Energy

Nuclear utilities thrust into the spotlight after the Fukushima meltdowns have ordered 20 reactors shut, the most in a three-year span since Chernobyl's aftermath, saddling the industry with a possible $26 billion in costs.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Press-Telegram

Woman: Cancer tied to Santa Susana Field Laboratory

Sue Brigham s daughter, Jennifer Robinson, 36, is shown before and after treatment for a rare form of stomach cancer.

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Related Topix: Ovarian Cancer, Health, Department of Energy, Canoga Park, CA, Oncology, Medicine, Chatsworth, CA

Star Tribune

Xcel Energy investing $1.8 billion in two nuclear power plants

Three U.S. utilities are closing older nuclear reactors, but Xcel Energy is investing $1.8 billion to keep its two Minnesota plants operating for another two decades.

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Related Topix: Xcel Energy, Energy, Excel Energy, Red Wing, MN, Monticello, MN

The Guardian

Bradwell-on-Sea identified as potential site to dump radioactive waste

When it comes to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, the only way is Essex . Bradwell-on-Sea has been identified as a possible site to dump radioactive waste .

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Related Topix: Essex County, England

Indybay.org

San Onofre: Anatomy of a Nuclear Shutdown

Shock waves shot across Southern California on June 7, 2013, from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.

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Related Topix: California

Forbes.com

How Fracking Killed Nuclear Power

Last week Exelon canceled plans to upgrade the Lasalle nuclear plant in Illinois and the Limerick plant in Pennsylvania.

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Related Topix: Energy, Exelon, Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy)

The Day

Closing of San Onofre seen as setback for nuclear power

Edison International's decision to abandon its San Onofre nuclear plant in California is the latest blow for an industry facing questions about its long-term survival.

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Related Topix: Barbara Boxer, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, California, California Government, Energy, Southern California Edison, Publishing, Media, Morningstar

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Channelnewsasia.com

Japan PM to tout nuclear exports at central Europe summit

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets the leaders of four ex-communist European countries on Sunday at a regional summit in Warsaw, where he is expected to promote the country's nuclear technologies.

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Related Topix: Czech Republic, Europe, World News

Forbes.com

U.S. Sustains Support For Small Modular Nuclear Reactors

Despite the political fallout from the Fukushima crisis, the U.S. Department of Energy remains committed to commercializing small modular nuclear reactor technologies.

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Related Topix: Department of Energy, The w's, Pop/Rock, Business News

KGW-TV Portland

Feds: Hanford leaking tank won't be pumped until 2019

The U.S Department of Energy [DOE] has submitted its report to the WA State Dept.

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Related Topix: Department of Energy

Arirang TV

Korea's nuclear authority approves resumption of Hanul 5 reactor

The country s nuclear watchdog on Saturday approved the resumption of operations at one of its nuclear reactors and this could provide some relief in the power shortage problem Korea is facing.

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TechEBlog

Video Shows Mysterious Sonoluminescence Phenomenon, Might be Underwater Nuclear Fusion

Scientifically speaking, sonoluminescence is the emission of short bursts of light from imploding bubbles in a liquid when excited by sound.

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Politics in the Zeros

Can nuclear power combat climate change? Readers respond

Readers DJ and Dave Riley think I've jumped the tracks with my recent post about how nuclear power can prevent climate change and explain why.

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Related Topix: Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Wind Power

Fri Jun 14, 2013

Star Tribune

No way nuclear is a better way

Xcel Energy officials and others examine the 38-foot-deep pool which holds spent fuel rods taken out of the reactor.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Opinion

Patch.com

Jell-O Shot Brawl, New Requirements for Limerick Reactor Top Local News

Royersford Woman Assaults Mom Over Jell-O Shots: Police Gwen House, 33, allegedly struck her mother after the woman questioned her daughter's excessive drinking.

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Related Topix: Royersford, PA, Skippack, PA, Bryn Mawr, PA