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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: Physiology, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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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, Electricity Production and Distribution, Global Expansion, Northeast Utilities
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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: Air and Aviation Sports, Sports, Greenpeace
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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... -
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, Nuclear Weapons, Politics, Nuclear Policy
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Iran acts to expand sensitive nuclear capacity: diplomats
ReutersVIENNA (Reuters) - A U.N. nuclear agency report due this week is expected to show Iran further increasing its capacity to produce material that its adversaries fear could eventually be put to developing atomic bombs, Western diplomats said on Tuesday....Tags: Emergency Incidents, International Atomic Energy Agency, Politics, Nuclear Policy, Tehran (Iran)
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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: New York Mercantile Exchange, National Weather Service, Energy Resources, Weather Reports, Weather
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Palisades could remain closed at least another month after radioactive leak
COVERT TOWNSHIP, Mich. – The Palisades Nuclear Power Plant has been shut down for a couple of weeks after dozens of gallon of radioactive water leaked from the plant into Lake Michigan. Last Monday, southwest Michigan Congressman toured the...
Tags: Nuclear Accidents, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Palestinian film of love and betrayal breaks new ground at Cannes
ReutersBy Belinda Goldsmith CANNES, May 20 (Reuters) - A tragic love story between two Palestinians living under Israeli occupation received a standing ovation at the Cannes film festival on Monday and broke new ground as the first film fully funded by the...Tags: Cannes Film Festival, Film Festivals, New Year's Day, West Bank, Arts and Culture
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U.S. spot natgas climbs on weekday demand, warm weather
Reuters* Benchmark Hub at 2-1/2 week high * Prices rise above $4/mmBtu across most of the nation * Warmer weather on tap for much of the country By Eileen Houlihan NEW YORK, May 20 (Reuters) - U.S. spot natural gas prices rose for the first time in three...Tags: Energy Resources, Weather Reports, Derivative Securities, Petroleum Industry, Weather
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Letters show rift over San Onofre nuclear repairs
In a flurry of letters late last year, Southern California Edison and the manufacturer that designed the steam generators at the now-dark San Onofre nuclear power plant appeared to be at odds over a long-term plan to repair the troubled facility. In the...
Tags: Science and Technology, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited, Physiology, Southern California Edison Company, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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