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Sellafield provides £25m to train nuclear apprentices via BBC News Cumbria

Posted on 2012/02/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A Cumbrian company has been awarded £25m to train about 80 apprentices a year to be nuclear workers. Gen II, based in Workington and Carlisle, won the contract with Sellafield Ltd to provide training and apprenticeships for up to eight … Continue reading →

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ANS to hold teacher workshop in Phoenix, AZ via ANS Nuclear Cafe

Posted on 2012/02/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The American Nuclear Society’s Center for Nuclear Science and Technology Information and the ANS Outreach Department will be sponsoring a one-day teacher workshop on Sunday, February 26, in Phoenix, Ariz. The workshop—Detecting Radiation in Our Radioactive World—is intended for science … Continue reading →

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Children’s Book about Nuclear Power named among the Best in Family-friendly Media via LISWire

Posted on 2012/01/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By nutpubco (not verified) – Posted on 04 January 2012 Apex, NC, January 5, 2012–Mom’s Choice Awards has named Nuclear Power: How a Nuclear Power Plant Really Works! among the best in family-friendly media, products and services in the children’s … Continue reading →

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Radiation map gives close-up fallout readings　via The Japan Times Online

Posted on 2011/10/20 by norma field

The science ministry said Wednesday it has posted a radiation map that visitors to its website can enlarge to see to what extent their neighborhoods had been contaminated by fallout from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. The website … Continue reading →

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Beijing, Paris strengthen nuclear engineering co-op via China Daily

Posted on 2011/09/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

 By Qiu Quanlin (China Daily) ZHUHAI, Guangdong – In a major step to strengthen nuclear engineering cooperation, China launched a nuclear engineering and technology institute with France on Wednesday. The institute, based in Zhuhai, a coastal city in South … Continue reading →

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48th Annual Technical Meeting of Society of Engineering Sciences via Argonne National Laboratory

Posted on 2011/09/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Northwestern University, October 12-14, 2011 | http://ses2011.org/ Fluid, Thermal and Energy Track Symposium 2.6, “Energy: Nuclear Energy Technology” Chair: Roger Blomquist Session date: Thursday, Oct 13, 2011 The Annual Technical Meeting of Society of Engineering Sciences is held annually at … Continue reading →

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GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Expands Workforce Training Collaboration with Poland via Nuclear Street

Posted on 2011/09/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Krakow-based engineering school AGH University of Science and Technology to collaborate in the training of a skilled nuclear engineering workforce that will be needed to help develop … Continue reading →

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Merry-glow-round: Theme park built in a nuclear reactor promises a fun-fuelled day via Daily Mail

Posted on 2011/08/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 2:28 PM on 23rd August 2011 These extraordinary images show what could be the world’s most bizarre theme park – built around an abandoned nuclear power station. Wunderland near Kalkar, Germany, cleverly combines … Continue reading →

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Strong Children Japan–Children’s Drawings

Posted on 2011/08/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Portraits of Japanese children and young people living with the ongoing consequences of the Fukushima Daichi nuclear accident, the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami of March 11th 2011. The images and words are made by the children, combined with their portrait … Continue reading →

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NGOs, academics call for abolition of nuclear plants via the Japan Times

Posted on 2011/08/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Monday, Aug. 15, 2011 Speakers liken current policy to wartime tactics By JUN HONGO Staff writer Antinuclear nongovernmental organizations and academics called for the complete abolition of nuclear power plants in Japan on Monday, the 66th anniversary of the end … Continue reading →

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