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Iran pushes ahead with new nuclear plant that worries West
ReutersVIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is pressing ahead with the construction of a research reactor that Western experts say could offer it a second way of producing material for a nuclear bomb if it decides to make one, a U.N. report showed on Wednesday. Iran has...Tags: International Atomic Energy Agency, Politics, Emergency Incidents, Iran, Israel
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NRC to inspect Duke North Carolina Harris nuclear reactor
ReutersMay 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said Wednesday that it was launching a special inspection at Duke Energy Corp's Harris nuclear power plant in North Carolina over a "quarter-inch flaw" on the plant's reactor vessel head....Tags: Raleigh, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Duke Energy Corporation
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Time for greens to embrace nukes
For too long, many environmentalists have been ambivalent about nuclear energy. It conjures fears: meltdowns, cancers, Chernobyl, Fukushima, overtones of nuclear bombs. Yet, we also know that nuclear power provides 70 percent of all the greenhouse gas-...
Tags: Ecosystems, Wind Power, Energy Resources, Mountains, Global Warming
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Plant repairs done by early summer
COVERT -- Operators of the idled Palisades Nuclear Plant in southwestern Michigan say repairs to a tank that leaked slightly radioactive water into Lake Michigan will take until early summer to complete. New Orleans-based Entergy Corp. idled the plant...Tags: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Entergy Corporation
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Bulgarian energy firm BEH to meet investors for 250 mln Euro bond
ReutersSOFIA, May 22 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's BEH, the state largest energy holding company, will meet with potential investors in its 250-million-euro ($321.81 million) bond issue in late July and early August, its chief executive said on Wednesday. BEH, which...Tags: Bonds, Credit Ratings, Finance, Citigroup Incorporated, Economy, Business and Finance
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Greenpeace drops item on Swedish reactor from glider to make point
dpaSTOCKHOLM Environmental pressure group Greenpeace on Tuesday said it flew a paraglider over a nuclear reactor building in south-western Sweden and dropped an item upon it from the air to show how vulnerable the facilities were. "As evidenced by the new...Tags: Greenpeace, Sports, Air and Aviation Sports
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ADVISORY-Removal of NUC topic code
ReutersMay 21 (Reuters) - As part of occasional taxonomy updates, Reuters News will be removing the topic codes for Nuclear Power as of June 21, 2013. The Nuclear Power topic code will be removed from General News in order to streamline codes. The topic code... -
Calvert Cliffs reactor shut down
One of two reactors at the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in southern Maryland was shut down again Tuesday, the second unplanned outage in the past two weeks. Plant operators powered down Unit 2 manually around 5:30 a.m. after a pump that feeds water...
Tags: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Physiology
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LETTER: Unsafe Spent Nuclear Fuel
For over 50 years people have opposed and thwarted storing spent nuclear fuel under Yucca Mountain in Nevada -- but Millstone gets permission to store hundreds of tons of it above ground at its site in Waterford. This stuff contains extremely... -
Adding Hydropower To State Energy Mix Makes Sense
A good bill to get more clean energy into Connecticut has been held up in the House. That's too bad. The House should pass the bill, which has already passed the Senate. It would likely lower Connecticut's sky-high electric rates while decreasing the...Tags: Environmental Issues, Hydroelectricity, Renewable Energy, Northeast Utilities, Global Expansion
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U.S. natgas futures up 2 pct, extend gains for third day
Reuters* Front month still below recent 21-month high * Weather forecasts turn warmer for most of nation * Nuclear plant outages slip back below normal By Eileen Houlihan NEW YORK, May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. natural gas futures rose nearly 2 percent early on...Tags: Energy Resources, National Weather Service, New York Mercantile Exchange, Weather, Weather Reports
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Iran acts to expand sensitive nuclear capacity - diplomats
Reuters* Iran adding uranium enrichment machines, diplomats say * Uranium conversion may slow growth in sensitive stockpile * UN nuclear agency due to issue Iran report Wednesday By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA, May 21 (Reuters) - A U.N. nuclear agency report due...Tags: Emergency Incidents, International Atomic Energy Agency, Politics, Iran, Israel
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