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1 hr ago | NewsOK.com

States to NRC: Better nuclear waste rules needed

Vermont, New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut are petitioning the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a more thorough review of issues connected with storage of highly radioactive nuclear waste at plant sites.

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2 hrs ago | Energy Tribune

Nuclear Energy Industry Re-Energizina

The Fukushima incident has contributed to the lay belief that nuclear energy is a risk not worth taking.

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6 hrs ago | Reuters

Merkel protege struggles with Germany's green revolution

Chancellor Angela Merkel appointed him for his charm and political skill as marshal of her vision of a 'green revolution' in Europe's biggest power market.

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Related Topix: Social Democratic Party of Germany, Europe, World News, Germany, Angela Merkel, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

10 hrs ago | WMC-TV Memphis

Stricken Japan nuke plant struggles to keep staff

12, 2011 file photo, workers in protective suits and masks wait to enter the emergency operation center at the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station in Okuma, Japan.

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11 hrs ago | Detroit News

Michigan senators seek answers on Ontario nuclear storage project

Michigan senators approved a resolution Wednesday calling on Ontario power officials to answer questions before proceeding with a controversial nuclear waste storage project.

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Related Topix: Ontario Power Generation, Energy

Wed May 22, 2013

WCSH-TV Portland

Behind the scenes of the USS Miami Fire

It was one year ago that fire broke out aboard the USS Miami, a nuclear powered submarine docked at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, US News

KEPR CBS 19

Major nuclear upgrade at Energy Northwest

A major upgrade is happening at Energy Northwest's Columbia Generating Station. All is quiet on Washington's nuclear front.

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Related Topix: Energy, Energy Northwest

Patch.com

Fire at Pilgrim Nuclear During Start-Up

Plant personnel are investigating the cause of a fire that broke out Monday morning during start-up at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station , causing the plant to go offline again.

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Related Topix: Plymouth, MA

Scoop

Fukushima: UN to Open Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Centre

Experts from the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency are heading to Japan to launch an emergency preparedness and response centre in Fukushima, the coastal city devastated two years ago when a massive earthquake and tsunami set off meltdowns at a nuclear power plant.

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Related Topix: Tsunami, Asian Tsunami Disaster, Natural Disasters

Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Depleted uranium at Big Isle army installation to be topic of meeting

Management of depleted uranium at Pohakuloa Training Area and other Army installations will be discussed at a meeting before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission next week.

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Related Topix: US Army, US Military, Pohakuloa Training Area, Schofield Barracks, Schofield Barracks, HI

Business Journal

NRC special inspectors arrive at Duke Energy's Harris plant

Duke Energy Progress expects the Shearon Harris plant to remain shut down for several weeks while contractors repair a crack in an instrumentation nozzle in the reactor vessel head.

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Related Topix: Energy, Duke Energy

Al Bawaba

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Khalifa University's Gulf Nuclear Energy Infrastructure Institute hosted a graduation ceremony for its 20 fellows during a two-day symposium on nuclear safety, security and safeguards at Khalifa University's Abu Dhabi campus.

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Related Topix: Texas A&M University

ScienceBlogs

The E-Cat is back, and people are still falling for it

Well, I guess it's that season again. The charlatan who claims to have invented a cold fusion device - the same device whose flaws were exposed here two years ago - has just held an "independent test" of his device, and there's now a physics paper out claiming that this device works, and must be powered by some type of nuclear reaction! Look, let's ... (more)

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Related Topix: Physics, Science

Tue May 21, 2013

State Department

Speeches: Geopolitics and Nuclear Energy: The View from the State Department

Thank you for that introduction and thank you for having me here today. It is a pleasure to talk to the principal nuclear industry organization in the United States.

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Related Topix: Environment, Science

KUOW-FM Seattle

Japanese Officials Visit Hanford For Nuclear Cleanup Strategies

The people overseeing the cleanup of the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster are learning some valuable lessons from the long-running cleanup at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

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Related Topix: Richland, WA

MLive.com

Palisades Nuclear Power Plant will remain closed until 'early summer' ...

For nuclear power plants, the question of whether to replace vs. repair isn't as simple a call as, say, buying a new car after the old one wears out, an independent nuclear safety expert explained.

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Related Topix: Covert, MI, Energy, Entergy, US Politics, Fred Upton, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Activism, St. Joseph, MI

StamfordPlus.com

Murphy calls for national plan for spent nuclear fuel storage

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy announced his support for a bill being crafted in the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources that would establish a new nuclear waste administration and create a consent-based process for siting nuclear waste facilities.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Senator Chris Murphy

KHGI

Firm to appeal nuclear plant whistleblower case

An engineering firm says it plans to appeal a decision by federal regulators in favor of a whistleblower allegedly fired for reporting unsafe conditions at a nuclear power plant in eastern Kansas.

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Related Topix: OSHA

Energy Tribune

Japan Looks to Resume Nuclear Energya

Japan is considering resuming talks with India on bilateral cooperation in nuclear energy, the government's top spokesman said Monday.

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Related Topix: Manmohan Singh

WLOS

Here is the latest North Carolina news from The Associated Press

The shutdown of a nuclear power plant outside North Carolina's capital city is likely to prompt questions at a meeting today with federal regulators.

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Related Topix: Asheboro, NC, Randolph County, NC, Raleigh, NC