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End-of-Summer News Puts Nuclear Renaissance on Permanent Vacation
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 & 2, near Lusby Maryland. (photo: NRCgov) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission cannot issue a license for the construction and operation of a new nuclear...
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RIP San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, 1968 – 2012
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, the twin-reactor power plant that spread its isotopic glow across coastal communities from Los Angeles to San Diego, was declared dead last week. SONGS, as it...
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Edison Con? San Onofre Nuclear Plant Owner Proposes Reactor Restart
Containment domes or shell game? (Aerial view of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station by Jelson25 via wikipedia) Southern California Edison (SCE), the operator of the troubled San Onofre Nuclear...
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Hurricane Sandy Brings Wind, Rain and Irony to US Nuclear Plants
Hurricane Sandy's projected path as of 9 AM, Monday. (map courtesy of NOAA) With Hurricane Sandy projected to make landfall hundreds of miles to the south and the predicted storm surge still over 24...
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Superstorm Sandy Shows Nuclear Plants Who’s Boss
Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Station as seen in drier times. (photo via wikipedia) Once there was an ocean liner; its builders said it was unsinkable. Nature had other ideas. On Monday evening, as...
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Oyster Creek Nuclear Alert: As Floodwaters Fall, More Questions Arise
Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in pre-flood mode. (photo: NRCgov) New Jersey’s Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station remains under an official Alert, a day-and-a-half after the US Nuclear...
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LIPA’s Nuclear Hangover Proves Headache for Sandy’s Victims
Head of Long Island Power Authority Will Step Aside Along with Other Board Members, But Problems Have Deep Roots The decommissioned Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant still occupies a 58-acre site on Long...
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Seventy Years of Nuclear Fission: Short on Confidence; Long on Waste
From here to eternity: a small plaque on the campus of the University of Chicago commemorates the site of Fermi's first atomic pile--and the start of the world's nuclear waste problem. (Photo: Nathan...
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Fukushima Plus Two: Still the Beginning?
An IAEA inspector examines the remains of reactor 3 at Fukushima Daiichi (5/27/11) I was up working in what were in my part of the world the early morning hours of March 11, 2011, when I heard over the...
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Fukushima Two Years Later: Many Questions, One Clear Answer
Fukushima's threats to health and the environment continue. (graphic: Surian Soosay via flickr) You can’t say you have all the answers if you haven’t asked all the questions. So, at a conference on the...
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