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Cleanup continues 52 yrs after partial meltdown in Los Angeles via The Mainichi Daily News

Posted on 2011/08/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

SIMI VALLEY, California (Kyodo) — In 1959, a nuclear reactor at a research facility 70 kilometers from Los Angeles experienced a partial meltdown that was largely unknown by the public for 30 years. Now preparation for a final cleanup is … Continue reading →

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Concerns grow over risk of U.S. nuclear projects post-Fukushima via FACINGSOUTH

Posted on 2011/08/12 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

The disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan is still unfolding five months later, with multiple meltdowns and significant radiation releases contaminating communities and farms downwind from the facility. Some nuclear experts are calling it “the biggest industrial catastrophe … Continue reading →

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Florida PSC begins hearing on nuclear plant costs via Bloomberg Business Week

Posted on 2011/08/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By BILL KACZOR TALLAHASSEE, Fla. A Florida Power & Light Co. lawyer told state regulators Wednesday that questions raised by consumer advocates could undermine Florida’s push to expand the use of nuclear energy. He made the comment at the beginning … Continue reading →

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Brazil begins building 4 submarines as nuclear programme looms via The Telegraph

Posted on 2011/08/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Brazil has begun building four diesel-powered submarines as part of a 2008 agreement with France that includes the future construction of Latin America’s first nuclear submarine. President Dilma Rousseff attended Saturday’s ceremony marking the start-up of operations at the shipyard … Continue reading →

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Smaller nuclear reactors allow decentralized power – some critics not pleased via Atomic Insights

Posted on 2011/07/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

by Rod Adams on July 30, 2011 Even a broken clock is right twice a day. That is one of the sayings that I remember whenever I read works about energy by people like Amory Lovins or Ralph Nader and … Continue reading →

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N.R.C. Lowers Estimate of How Many Would Die in Meltdown via The New York Times

Posted on 2011/07/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By MATTHEW L. WALD Published: July 29, 2011 ROCKVILLE, Md. — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is approaching completion of an ambitious study that concludes that a meltdown at a typical American reactor would lead to far fewer deaths than previously … Continue reading →

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Who benefits from NPP ‘community of interest’? via Japan Press Weekly

Posted on 2011/07/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The following is an Akahata interview with Yoshii Hidekatsu, House of Representatives member of the Japanese Communist Party, who outlines the structure of the “community of interest” that includes both the political and business arenas benefitting from nuclear power generation. … Continue reading →

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Ga. weighs dropping financial plan for nuke plant via Canadian Business

Posted on 2011/07/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

ATLANTA (AP) — Utility regulators in Georgia are weighing an agreement to drop a financial risk-sharing plan that would cut Georgia Power’s profits if the company exceeds its budget building a new nuclear power plant. The agreement between the Southern … Continue reading →

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Specter of nuclear waste dump returns to WNC via The Macon County News

Posted on 2011/07/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Thursday, 28 July 2011 Written by Christopher Carpenter – Staff Writer The U.S. Energy Freedom Center proposed for the Dept. of Energy’s Savannah River Site near Augusta, Ga., is billed as an “energy park.” The primary purpose of the facility … Continue reading →

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Inside a Nuclear Waste Repository: 2,000 Feet Below the Earth via The California Report

Posted on 2011/07/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Reporter: Craig Miller In California, spent nuclear fuel is piling up outside reactors. Across the globe, Sweden’s nuclear industry has learned to work with communities to devise a permanent disposal solution, something with which the United States is still grappling. … Continue reading →

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