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Nuclear Power: Poll shows a spike in U.S. opposition after Fukushima
Damage at the Fukashima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant following a devastating earthquake and tsunami A recent ABC News-Washington Post poll shows Americans oppose building more nuclear power plants in...
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NRC 2010 PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF COMANCHE PEAK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
NRC WILL HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS 2010 PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF COMANCHE PEAK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT Most of us are familiar with the 10 and 50 mile zones around Fukushima, this map shows those...
View ArticleProblem at US nuclear plant deemed of “high safety significance”
In a memo issued today, the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said that the failure of a low pressure coolant injection valve last fall at the Browns Ferry nuclear plant, located near Athens in...
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2010 Performance Assessment of South Texas Project Nuclear Power Plant
NRC WILL HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS 2010 PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT NUCLEAR POWER PLANT Most of us are familiar with the 10 and 50 mile zones around Fukushima, this map shows...
View Article2010 Performance Assessment of South Texas Project Nuclear Power Plant Public...
We wrote about this a while back, but in case you forgot – the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is holding a meeting in Bay City, Texas, today, Thursday, May 19, with representatives of South Texas...
View Article“Clean Energy” Bank Bill would enable unlimited taxpayer funding of new...
SENATE ENERGY COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER “CLEAN ENERGY” BANK BILL MAY 26, 2011 ACT NOW TO BLOCK “CEDA”! The Senate Energy Committee is scheduled to consider today–May 26, 2011–a bill establishing a new...
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Fukushima may have been worse than a core meltdown
According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Japanese authorities are now admitting the crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant in March may have been worse than a core meltdown. In an official...
View ArticleSome U.S. Reactors on Borrowed Time
Global Support for Nuclear Power Drops A new Ipsos/Reuters poll released on June 22nd reveal that global support for nuclear power has plummetted in the wake of the Fukushima disaster. A survey of over...
View ArticleNowhere to run
In a series of investigative stories, the Associated Press (AP) has been reporting on the state of the US nuclear industry in the wake of the Fukushima disaster in Japan. In this recent report, the AP...
View ArticleObscure Japanese prefecture governor could decide the fate of nuclear power...
It appears that the fate for nuclear power in Japan following the Fukushima Daiichi disaster, could be decided by a local governor of an obscure prefecture of about 850,000 residents on the...
View ArticleDresden Nuclear Power Plant issues alert
Exelon’s Dresden Nuclear Power Plant located in Morris, Ill., roughly 60 miles southwest of Chicago declared an alert at 10:16 a.m. CT today after a chemical leak restricted access to a vital area...
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NRC’S TASK FORCE RECOMMENDS CHANGES TO REACTOR SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Japan Task Force has proposed improvements in areas ranging from loss of power to earthquakes, flooding, spent fuel pools, venting and preparedness, and said a...
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Fort Calhoun nuclear plant, one to watch
Although flood concerns at Nebraska’s two nuclear power plants have subsided for the time being, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has announced short and long term plans that will examine and...
View ArticleFukushima Anniversary Action in Austin, TX
This weekend marks the first anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Our thoughts and prayers will be with the hundreds of thousands of Japanese still living in contaminated areas. There are...
View ArticleRefuting Assumptions About Nuclear Waste
The agency responsible for approving the construction of nuclear reactors may no longer be able to rely on its old “build reactors now and worry about radioactive waste later” approach. Learn more...
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NRC Whistleblower Claims Threat To Nuclear Plants Covered Up By Regulators
According to the Huffington Post, not one, but two, whistleblower engineers at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission have accused regulators of deliberately covering up information relating to the...
View ArticleThree Mile Island – Deja vu
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has reported that a reactor at Three Mile Island, the site of the nation’s worst nuclear accident, shut down unexpectedly on this afternoon when a coolant pump...
View ArticleNRC MAINTAINS HEIGHTENED WATCH OVER NUCLEAR PLANTS IMPACTED BY SANDY; THREE...
Update: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said an alert at the Oyster Creek plant in Forked River, N.J., ended early Wednesday, October 31. According to an NRC press release, three reactors (Nine...
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Foreign Ownership Could Halt Licensing of South Texas Project Nuclear Reactors
NRC Says NINA Doesn’t Meet Their Requirements On Tuesday, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission told judges overseeing the licensing case for two proposed South Texas Project reactors that the applicant...
View ArticleSan Onofre Nuclear Plant Closing: A harbinger of things to come for the...
Earlier today, Southern California Edison (SCE) announced that they will retire Units 2 and 3 of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), essentially closing the troubled nuclear power plant...
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