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IHI to shift output from reactor components to plane parts via Nikkei Asian Review

Posted on 2018/01/22 by nfield

TOKYO — IHI will produce aircraft engine parts at a Yokohama plant making reactor components, as the company shifts from nuclear energy to the aircraft business and its greater growth potential.     The Japanese heavy industry group will repurpose a section … Continue reading →

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Nobel prize money will no longer be ‘invested’ in nuclear weapons via France 24

Posted on 2017/11/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

OSLO (AFP) –  The Nobel Foundation said Friday its prizes will no longer be funded with investments from nuclear arms producers, just weeks after awarding the peace prize to a nuclear weapons disarmament campaign group. The private institution, based in Stockholm, … Continue reading →

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Japan nuclear stocks lukewarm after Tokyo governor denies parliament run via Financial Times

Posted on 2017/10/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Japanese nuclear power companies were making only minor gains on Tuesday after the Tokyo governor who has called for phasing out nuclear energy by 2030 said she was “100 per cent” not running in the upcoming election. Kansai Electric and … Continue reading →

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Fukushima disaster is still radiating fallout nuclear industry wishes to avoid via The Times

Posted on 2017/08/03 by nfield

[…] Tiny LEDs mounted at the head of the robot, Little Sunfish, showed clumps of lava-like rock lying in layers up to 1m thick — the first pictures of the reactor’s fuel rods that melted when a magnitude 9 earthquake … Continue reading →

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Nuclear plant must release contaminated water via Japan Today

Posted on 2017/07/13 by nfield

By Mari Yamaguchi The new chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) says the utility needs to stop dragging its feet on plans to dump massive amounts of treated but contaminated water into the sea and make more money if … Continue reading →

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Shareholders urge utilities to end nuclear power generation via Japan Today

Posted on 2017/06/29 by nfield

TOKYO Antinuclear shareholders in major Japanese utilities called for an end to nuclear power generation at general shareholders’ meetings on Wednesday, citing safety concerns and a lack of support in local communities. Among the proposals at the meetings of eight … Continue reading →

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Judge Blocks Merger of Nuclear-Waste Disposal Companies via AP

Posted on 2017/06/22 by nfield

DOVER, Del. (AP) — A federal judge in Delaware has blocked a Utah-based nuclear waste disposal company from buying a Texas-based competitor. The judge on Wednesday ruled in favor of the U.S. Justice Department in an antitrust lawsuit aimed at … Continue reading →

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Donor Lobbying for Nuclear-Plant Tax Credits Brags of Dinners With Trump via Bloomberg

Posted on 2017/06/14 by nfield

After Franklin L. Haney made his first million-dollar contribution to a super-PAC, his dream of owning a nuclear power plant took a big step forward. That gift went to a group to help re-elect President Barack Obama in 2012. Haney … Continue reading →

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Infamous Three Mile Island Is Latest Casualty of Shale Boom via Bloomberg

Posted on 2017/05/30 by nfield

ompetition from cheap natural gas has claimed another U.S. nuclear power plant in a state that has balked at government aid for financially ailing reactors. Exelon Corp.’s Three Mile Island reactor near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, site of the worst commercial nuclear accident … Continue reading →

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Three Mile Island closure looms after third failed bid via York Dailey Record

Posted on 2017/05/27 by kojimaaiko

For the third year in a row, Three Mile Island failed to secure a crucial contract to sell its electricity, increasing the possibility that the plant will soon close. The plant is allowed to remain open through 2034. However, Exelon will decide by … Continue reading →

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