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Salazar flooded with support for ban on Grand Canyon uranium mining « Colorado Independent - yesterday
In 2003, there were a mere 100 mining claims in the million or so acres of public land surrounding...
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The Associated Press: Ariz. governor opposes halt on new mining claims - yesterday
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer objects to a ban on filing new mining claims on nearly 1 million acres of...
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Arizona Rep. Giffords authors U.S. Solar Roadmap bill as CA plows ahead - 3 weeks ago
In continued efforts to promote clean energy, U.S. House Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ)...
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Kingman Daily Miner - Supervisors support a nuclear plant here - 3 weeks ago
Could nuclear power be an option for Mohave County? At least two county supervisors think so."...
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Arizona utility explores ties with proposed Utah nuke plant - Salt Lake Tribune - 3 weeks ago
A small Arizona electric utility formally has expressed interest in a nuclear power plant proposed...
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azdailysun: Tuba dump finally getting feds' attention - 1 month ago
The EPA will drill test holes looking for uranium-contaminated waste that villagers fear is a threat...
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Northern Ariz. tribes united against uranium mines - KIFI - Idaho Falls, Pocatello, Jackson WY - Weather News Sports- - 1 month ago
The Hualapai (WAHL'-uh-peye) Tribe has renewed a ban on uranium mining on its land near the Grand...
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Associated Press: Groups say they'll sue to stop Grand Canyon mine - 1 month ago
Environmental groups have given notice that they'll sue the federal Bureau of Land Management over...
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The Energy Daily: Ten-Year Probe Offers First View Of Los Alamos Releases - 1 month ago
After 10 years of sifting through thousands of pages of classified records and overcoming secrecy...
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Uranium mining could resume north of Canyon - 1 month ago
Uranium mining could resume within the year at a site north of the Grand Canyon after state...
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Feds Looking Into Safety Goof At Nuke Plant - Central Coast News Story - KSBW The Central Coast - 1 week ago
Federal regulators are investigating a mistake at the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant that could...
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20 years after public vote, Rancho Seco is decommissioned by U.S. - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee - 2 weeks ago
Sacramento's Rancho Seco nuclear power plant has been formally decommissioned by the federal...
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Arizona Rep. Giffords authors U.S. Solar Roadmap bill as CA plows ahead - 3 weeks ago
In continued efforts to promote clean energy, U.S. House Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ)...
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Hanford News : LA hospital: Error caused 206 radiation overdoses - 3 weeks ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hospital officials say a computer-resetting error caused radiation overdoses for...
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Sam Blakeslee's bill to map Diablo quake faults dies by veto - Local - San Luis Obispo - 3 weeks ago
Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee lambasted Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s veto of a bill that would have...
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Rialto officials say Superfund listing a win in perchlorate fight - San Bernardino County Sun - 1 month ago
A 160-acre site in the northern area of the city known for introducing a perchlorate plume into the...
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www.KOB.com - Waste shipment from Calif. completed at Carlsbad - 1 month ago
The first shipment of nuclear waste byproduct has been delivered to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant...
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Livermore Lab speeds Visalia Superfund cleanup - San Francisco Business Times: - 1 month ago
Steam-cleaning technology created by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory was used to clean a...
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No meeting halfway on nuke licensing rules - Local - San Luis Obispo - 1 month ago
After protests, NRC agrees to reschedule hearing slated for point equidistant — and far — from...
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Emergency preparedness 2 of 2 parts - 1 month ago
San DiegoCounty is known as a nuclear community in Sacramento. Personally I don’t like the name,...
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The Associated Press: Planned uranium mill near Naturita gets local OK - 1 week ago
A company that wants to build one of the first new U.S. uranium mills since the Cold War has won...
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Colorado delegation pens letter to dissuade mercury storage plan - 1 month ago
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu could remove Grand Junction from the list of potential...
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Colorado Independent » Colorado officials: Yellowcake uranium trucks ‘can go wherever they want’ - 1 month ago
State says material 'doesn’t really present that much of a hazard'; plans to truck sulfuric acid...
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Colorado Independent » Proposed uranium mill deeply divides southwestern Colorado communities - 1 month ago
Montrose County commissioners delayed a decision on a controversial uranium mill proposal Wednesday...
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A dubious decision - 1 month ago
There’s no legal problem here, officials with the U.S. Department of Energy say. Storing mercury at...
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40 years later, dust still hasn't settled from Project Rulison nuclear blast - 1 month ago
The ground rippled when a nuclear blast shattered the earth beneath Doghead Mountain south of...
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N. Colo. town passes measure opposing uranium mine - KRDO.com Colorado Springs and Pueblo News, Weather and Sports - 1 month ago
The Nunn town board has passed a resolution opposing a planned uranium mine near the northern...
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Board opposes uranium mine | coloradoan.com | The Coloradoan, - 1 month ago
NUNN - Hailed by a standing ovation Thursday night from a gymnasium full of Weld County residents...
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McCain, Udall agree, but they’re still wrong | Colorado Statesman - 1 month ago
he hearing Sen. Mark Udall and Sen. John McCain conducted in Estes Park concerning climate change,...
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Colorado Independent » Obama, McCain, Salazar put spotlight on Grand Canyon uranium-mining claims - 2 months ago
What better way to take your mind off the huge hole the American economy is stuck in these days than...
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Madison to filter uranium out of water- The New Haven Register - Serving Greater New Haven, CT - 4 months ago
The Board of Education voted unanimously Thursday to proceed with an agreement that will allow the...
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State appeals NRC ruling - Plymouth, MA - Wicked Local Plymouth - 6 months ago
Attorney General Martha Coakley and her counterparts in New York and Connecticut are appealing a...
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Hartford Advocate: News - Nuclear Clean-Up - 6 months ago
On a 600-acre property in Windsor — formerly an isolated private hunting preserve — a Connecticut...
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TheDay.com - Millstone changes how it measures radiation on workers - 8 months ago
A federal regulator has authorized the owner of Millstone Power Station in Waterford to adopt a new...
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ESA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor notifies Connecticut Aircraft Nuclear Engine Laboratory employees of new Special Exposure Cohort Designation [02/04/2009] - 9 months ago
The U.S. Department of Labor has announced that all former Connecticut Aircraft Nuclear Engine...
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TheDay.com - Millstone Scrutinized Over Gas Incident - 10 months ago
Federal inspectors begin assessing how power plant dealt with the problemWaterford - A special team...
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Tests show uranium a problem in water systems -- Courant.com - 11 months ago
Tests on 16 well systems in Connecticut in the past year have shown uranium contamination in the...
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FPL nuclear projects will cost customers $63 million next year; Public Service Commission approves planning costs of proposed reactors -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com - 3 weeks ago
Florida Power & Light customers will pay nearly $63 million next year to cover the cost of...
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Florida approves FPL, Progress nuclear charges | Stocks | Reuters - 3 weeks ago
The Florida Public Service Commission on Friday agreed to let the state's two largest utilities...
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Tallevast citizens wary of park planned atop pollution | HeraldTribune.com | Sarasota Florida | Southwest Florida's Information Leader - 3 weeks ago
An artist's design for a new community park in Tallevast depicts an idyllic green space where...
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Critics urge Florida to halt nuclear projects that could cost $35 billion - 3 weeks ago
A former federal energy regulator, environmentalists and others asked Florida leaders today to delay...
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Beyond Nuclear - Deep crack in Florida reactor signals widespread risks of aging U.S. reactors - 3 weeks ago
A deep crack just discovered this week in the concrete containment wall of the Crystal River nuclear...
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NRC inspects crack at Progress Florida nuclear unit | Markets | Markets News | Reuters - 4 weeks ago
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has launched a special inspection of a crack in a containment...
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The Acreage cancer: NYC law firm affiliated with Erin Brockovich finds high radiation in some Acreage water -- South Florida Sun - 4 weeks ago
Radiation levels were higher than normal at the homes of as many as 10 Acreage families with brain...
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With no relocation, Tallevast disappointed - Bradenton.com - 1 month ago
Lockheed: Decision based on ‘commitment to restore the environmental conditions in the Tallevast...
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Lockheed decides not to relocate Tallevast residents - Breaking News - Bradenton.com - 1 month ago
A vice president of Lockheed Martin Corp. said today the company will not pay for the relocation of...
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Areva and Progress Energy form alliance - 1 month ago
Areva Inc has announced a five-year deal that will see it become the comprehensive supplier of...
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NRC chairman says Vogtle design needs safety changes | ajc.com - yesterday
Thirty years after the nation's worst nuclear power plant accident, the partial meltdown at...
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Associated Press: Green groups appeal Ga. nuclear plant expansion - 1 week ago
Environmental groups are asking the federal courts to block to plans to build two nuclear reactors...
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Georgia nuke site challenged | Jacksonville.com - 1 month ago
The question of a controversial law's constitutionality could halt new nuclear reactors in Georgia,...
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New Plant Vogtle parts could require dredging 090309 - The Augusta Chronicle - 1 month ago
Neither the Army Corps of Engineers nor Southern Nuclear wants to pay for dredging portions of the...
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FR: NRC ESP for Vogtle - 1 month ago
Notice of Issuance of Early Site Permit and Limited Work Authorization for the Vogtle Electric...
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NRC: News Release - 2009-141 - NRC Issues Early Site Permit, Work Authorization for Vogtle Site in Georgia - 2 months ago
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Office of New Reactors has issued an Early Site Permit (ESP) and...
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Approves Early Site Permit for New Nuclear Reactors | Georgia Public Broadcasting - 2 months ago
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued an early site permit for two new nuclear reactors...
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Federal permit clears way for nuclear plants at Vogtle | ajc.com - 2 months ago
Southern Nuclear has secured a necessary federal permit to allow it to build two new nuclear...
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Southern files to build 2 reactors | ajc.com - 4 months ago
Southern Co., the biggest U.S. power producer, is seeking permission from the federal government to...
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NRC renews Southern Ga. Vogtle reactors licenses | Reuters - 5 months ago
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday renewed the operating licenses for Southern Co's...
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Short-lived nuclear waste watchdog, Citizens For A Clean Idaho, folds | Local News | Idaho Statesman - yesterday
A group created to protest American Ecology's plan to bring extremely low-level nuclear waste to its...
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Developer makes plans for another nuclear plant | Local News | Idaho Statesman - 2 weeks ago
As in the past, the Snake River Alliance opposes Alternate Energy Holdings' latest proposal.Nomad...
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Snake River Alliance vows to drive Areva out of Idaho - 3 weeks ago
Haunted by the goblins of the cold war, a Boise-based group is obsessed with a uranium enrichment...
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The Snake River Alliance, Idaho's anti-nuclear watchdog, turns 30 | Local News | Idaho Statesman - 4 weeks ago
The anti-nuclear Snake River Alliance got its start on a bench at Boise's Julia Davis ParkThe Snake...
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McCain, Udall agree, but they’re still wrong | Colorado Statesman - 1 month ago
he hearing Sen. Mark Udall and Sen. John McCain conducted in Estes Park concerning climate change,...
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Appeal begins in high-profile fight over hot waste - Salt Lake Tribune - 2 months ago
Utah's court fight over who controls the flow of radioactive waste is turning into a national test...
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Authorities say leaky cylinder at INL secured - Boise, Idaho News, Weather and Traffic - KTRV Fox 12 - - 2 months ago
Officials with the Idaho National Laboratory say a cylinder that began leaking toxic gas after it...
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The Associated Press: Idaho's Risch backs deal to help enrichment plant - 2 months ago
U.S. Sen. Jim Risch would back doubling federal loan guarantees for U.S. uranium enrichment projects...
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Mountain Home News: Story: Nuclear energy isn't answer - 2 months ago
Nuclear energy sounds like the answer to this country's energy problems, but it isn't.For decades,...
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NRC - NRC to Brief Public on Westinghouse Request to Dispose of Radioactive Waste in Idaho - 3 months ago
Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will hold a public meeting July 28 in Bruneau, Idaho, to brief...
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morrisdailyherald.com | A lot of radioactivity ends up in landfill - 4 weeks ago
A speech I gave at the IEMA meeting in Springfield on Sept. 30:I’m not politically correct and I’m...
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Resurgence of nuclear power not likely to happen -- chicagotribune.com - 2 months ago
After the disasters at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, years passed before anyone took seriously...
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Push For New Nuclear Power Sputters, But Old Reactors Still Pose Cancer Risks - 3 months ago
Nuclear reactors in the United States should be phased out, and replaced by technologies that don’t...
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Exelon not seeking new merger targets after failed NRG bid - 3 months ago
Exelon is not seeking new merger targets in the near term after its failed bid to acquire NRG Energy...
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Associated Press: Exelon-NRG fight comes to head, maybe - 3 months ago
After a nine-month fight, Exelon's $7.4 billion, all-stock bid to create the nation's largest power...
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Nuclear critics: Is Illinois the new Yucca Mountain? - 3 months ago
Chicago area nuclear critics say recurring tritium leaks like the one at the Dresden Nuclear...
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FR: NRC: NRG Exelon proposed merger - 4 months ago
Exelon Corporation and NRG Energy, Inc.; South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2; Notice of Consideration...
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Associated Press: NRG Energy turns down Exelon's revised offer - 4 months ago
NRG Energy Inc. said Wednesday that it has turned down Exelon Corp.'s revised hostile takeover bid...
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Exelon would look to sell NRG Energy's Louisiana, overseas plants - 4 months ago
Exelon, which earlier on Thursday raised its offer to buy NRG Energy, said it would look to sell the...
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Internal Memo: Nuclear Power Company Could Make A Billion A Year From Climate Change Law - 4 months ago
Exelon, the nation's largest nuclear power company, stands to rake in roughly an extra $1 billion to...
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Disposal work at Piketon facility completed | chillicothegazette.com | Chillicothe Gazette - 4 weeks ago
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced that disposal of 5.7 million pounds of excess plant oils...
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NRC - NRC Requires Improvements at USEC Paducah Facility - 2 months ago
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued three Confirmatory Orders to the United States...
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West Kentucky Star - Whitfield Works to Protect Sick Workers' Families - 4 months ago
U.S. Representative Ed Whitfield (KY-01) introduced legislation Thursday in the House of...
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Portsmouth Daily Times - Committees Discuss Cleanup - 4 months ago
Members of a committee helping to oversee cleanup of nuclear waste at the site of the now-closed...
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The News and Tribune - Amendments may kill energy legislation - 7 months ago
Amendments to lift restrictions on nuclear plant construction in Kentucky and allow drilling for oil...
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Nuclear Power Bill Clears House Committee - KYPost.com - 8 months ago
Kentucky's long-standing ban on nuclear power plants would be lifted, under a proposal that cleared...
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The Morehead News - Senate approves nuclear energy bill - 8 months ago
Kentucky Senate voted 29-6 Thursday to approve a bill that would use national standards for nuclear...
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The Wire - nixing nukes - 1 month ago
Russian activists discuss nuclear plant decommissioning in PortsmouthFew people are as familiar with...
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Officials verify dirty bomb probe results - Bangor Daily News - 8 months ago
In the wake of revelations that a Belfast man had a stash of potentially hazardous materials at his...
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Augusta - Commissioner Jordan: Materials seized from Belfast home posed no danger to public - Government - VillageSoup - 8 months ago
The Commissioner of the Maine Department of Public Safety said Wednesday, Feb. 11, in a press...
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Officials offer assurances after radioactive find in Belfast - Fosters - 8 months ago
Authorities removed some radioactive material and instructions for building a "dirty bomb"...
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Constellation Energy, EDF close $4.5B nuclear deal - Baltimore Business Journal: - yesterday
Constellation Energy Group Inc. and EDF Group have closed their $4.5 billion joint venture, the...
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Nuclear Engineering International: Maryland PSC slams "orchestrated parade" promising Calvert Cliffs 3 - yesterday
The Maryland Public Service Commission has approved EDF's 50% purchase of Constellation Energy that...
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EDF Authorized to Invest in Nuclear in the U.S. | Reuters - yesterday
EDF welcomes the decision of the Board of Directors of its American partner Constellation Energy to...
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Approval helps clear way for reactors' construction | Lynchburg News Advance - yesterday
A Maryland agency has given a key approval to a deal between two companies that hope to build an...
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Md. tentatively backs Constellation deal with French firm - washingtonpost.com - 1 week ago
Nuclear sale contingent on energy firm, French giant offering rebate, aidThe move is designed to...
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AFP: US state OKs tie-up of Constellation Energy, France's EDF - 1 week ago
The US state of Maryland on Friday approved a plan for France' EDF Group to take a stake in...
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Decision nearing on nuclear alliance (www.HometownGlenBurnie.com - The Maryland Gazette) - 3 weeks ago
Late changes could have impact on BGE, ratepayersBALTIMORE - Consumer advocates said Wednesday that...
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NRC Orders Hearings On Reactor At Calvert Cliffs - wjz.com - 3 weeks ago
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has decided to open its hearing process in a dispute over a...
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NRC - NRC Approves License Transfers for Constellation/EDF Nuclear Joint Venture - 3 weeks ago
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has approved the transfer of the operating licenses for the...
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AFP: EDF, Constellation nuclear venture get US nod - 4 weeks ago
US regulators have approved a plan for French-based EDF to take a stake in Constellation Energy...
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Palisades nuclear plant says it has fixed second tritium leak - MLive.com - 2 months ago
A second radioactive leak at the Palisades nuclear plant has been fixed."I'm happy to say we...
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NRC - NRC to Discuss Decommissioning Plan for Fermi Nuclear Plant Unit 1 at Public Meeting June 30 in Monroe, Mich. - 4 months ago
Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will hold a public meeting June 30 in Monroe, Mich., to discuss...
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Consumers needs to return another $36 mil to customers: Michigan - 5 months ago
Michigan regulators on Tuesday ordered Consumers Energy to return an additional $36 million from the...
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Mich. to keep nuclear waste on-site as storage proposal dies | detnews.com | The Detroit News - 6 months ago
A change in the national strategy for the long-term storage of nuclear waste is raising concern...
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Postbulletin.com: It's about more than money from nuclear power plant - yesterday
Yes, Red Wing is very concerned about funding for public safety; however there are other issues that...
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Minnesota Indian Tribe Calls on President Obama to Find Solution to Nuclear Waste Issue; 'Continued Inaction is Irresponsible' - 3 weeks ago
The Prairie Island Indian Community today called on President Barack Obama to follow the law and...
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16 Minnesota Groups to MN Congressional Delegation: Reprocessing of Radioactive - 1 month ago
Higher Costs, Pollution and Proliferation Dangers if Congress Opens Door to ReprocessingMINNEAPOLIS,...
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Bill Grant: Nuclear power revisited: The elephant in the room | StarTribune.com - 1 month ago
There's still nowhere to put that toxic wasteNuclear electricity is affordable and emission...
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Excess tritium detected in monitoring well near Monticello nuclear plant - KTTC Rochester, Austin, Mason City News, Weather and Sports - 1 month ago
Xcel Energy says a monitoring well at its nuclear power plant in Monticello detected a radioactive...
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Coalition wants to lift Minnesota’s nuclear ban - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal: - 2 months ago
A coalition of business, labor and environmental leaders is backing a nonprofit that wants to...
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Aid cuts spark debate over Prairie Island nuclear plant - 3 months ago
As Xcel Energy pushes plans to extend the life of the Prairie Island nuclear plant, Red Wing...
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Minn. Regulators Approve Xcel Long-term Plan - wcco.com - 4 months ago
Minnesota regulators have signed off on Xcel Energy's plan for the future, which could include...
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Westinghouse to Install Steam Dryer at Monticello Nuclear Plant - Business News - redOrbit - 5 months ago
Westinghouse Electric Company today announced that it has been awarded a contract to design,...
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MPR: Plans for Prairie Island nuclear plant face opposition - 5 months ago
For nearly 40 years, Minnesota has been getting much of its electricity from two nuclear power...
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KOMU.com - Radioactive Material Tracked on Campus - Coverage You Can Count On - yesterday
An MU researcher accidentally tracked phosphorus from a lab to a few areas across campus.An...
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Nuclear waste clean upstill needed at Westlake - STLtoday.com - yesterday
"Nuclear workers honored" (Oct. 31) was a nice article about a celebration of former...
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Idaho company claims EnergySolutions is sneaky - Salt Lake Tribune - 2 months ago
An Idaho company has accused Salt Lake City-based EnergySolutions Inc. of cutthroat tactics, using...
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Three more "special exposure cohorts" for EEOICPA | Frank Munger's Atomic City Underground | knoxnews.com - 4 months ago
The Labor Dept. today released information on three more employee groups with "special exposure...
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AmerenUE asks NRC to suspend Callaway new nuclear license review - 4 months ago
AmerenUE has asked the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission to suspend its review of the company's July...
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Fulton Sun: Safety system concern at nuclear plant - 4 months ago
A special investigation is underway to find the reason behind the failure of a piece of a safety...
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FR: NRC: release of contaminated building back into public use - 4 months ago
Notice of Environmental Assessment Related to the Issuance of a License Amendment to Byproduct...
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Former worker says AmerenUE, NRC dropped inquiry - News Wires - CNBC.com - 4 months ago
A former AmerenUE engineer is accusing the utility and the federal agency that regulates nuclear...
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A ghost of nuclear’s future in Finland? | Business News | STLtoday - 5 months ago
It’s been a month since AmerenUE declared that it was suspending plans to build a second nuclear...
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Nuclear plants face huge price tag | courier-journal.com | The Courier-Journal - 6 months ago
A ghost from the U.S. nuclear industry's early years has reappeared.It is not public apprehension...
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Feds to complete cleanup of former Atomic Energy property in Middlesex | Science updates | NewJerseyNewsroom.com -- Your State. Your News. - 3 weeks ago
Six decades after its use in the early days of the American atomic program, and 30 years after it...
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NRC Finalizes New Jersey Agreement To Regulate Certain Radioactive Materials - Nuclear Power Industry News - 1 month ago
Nuclear Power Industry New is a blog about utilities, companies, suppliers in the nuclear energy...
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Associated Press: Nation's oldest nuclear plant showing its age - 1 month ago
As the nation's oldest nuclear power plant shows its age, some call it Oyster Creak.The latest...
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Oyster Creek leak prompts nationwide probe - pressofAtlanticCity.com : Latest News - 1 month ago
A tritium leak at Oyster Creek Generating Station has prompted the federal government to take a...
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NRC - NRC Announces Availability of License Renewal Applications for Salem and Hope Creek Nuclear Power Plants - 1 month ago
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced today that applications for a 20-year renewal of the...
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Another leaking pipe found at Oyster Creek nuclear plant | dailyrecord.com | Daily Record - 2 months ago
A New Jersey nuclear plant has reduced its operating power by about 50 percent while workers repair...
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Nuclear power is dangerous and too expensive to build | Delawareonline.com | The News Journal - 2 months ago
A recent letter advocated more nuclear power plants.There are too many problems with this technology...
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Exelon not seeking new merger targets after failed NRG bid - 3 months ago
Exelon is not seeking new merger targets in the near term after its failed bid to acquire NRG Energy...
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Evacuation proposal has some skeptical| Asbury Park Press - 3 months ago
DEP and State Police discuss status of planTOMS RIVER — Despite assurances by representatives of the...
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Associated Press: Exelon-NRG fight comes to head, maybe - 3 months ago
After a nine-month fight, Exelon's $7.4 billion, all-stock bid to create the nation's largest power...
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Independent: EPA says Churchrock cleanup delayed - yesterday
After receiving overwhelming opposition to a cleanup plan for the Northeast Churchrock Mine, the U.S...
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The Navajo Times Online - Uranium miners, widows get warm reception - yesterday
It was a very belated thank-you, but appreciated nonetheless.Some 300 former uranium workers and...
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Cibola Beacon - Uranium miners honored at remembrance event - yesterday
The first annual National Day of Remembrance in honor of former uranium and nuclear workers was...
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Toxic waste trickles toward New Mexico's water sources -- latimes.com - 1 week ago
More than 60 years after scientists assembled the nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki,...
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NM Reaches Uranium Waste Storage Agreement - Albuquerque News Story - KOAT Albuquerque - 1 week ago
New Mexico officials and International Isotopes Inc. have reached an agreement that will limit the...
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Native American Uranium Miners Still Suffer, As Industry Eyes Rebirth - Working In These Times - 1 week ago
On the Navajo Nation, almost everyone you talk to either worked in uranium mines themselves or had...
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A new demand for uranium power brings concerns for Navajo groups - washingtonpost.com - 2 weeks ago
Uranium from the Grants Mineral Belt running under rugged peaks and Indian pueblos of New Mexico was...
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Independent: Risky business: Could Utah be an option for Churchrock mine cleanup? - 3 weeks ago
Could Utah be an option for Churchrock mine cleanup?CHURCHROCK — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission...
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Cibola Beacon - Natives to meet to fight uranium development - 3 weeks ago
pIndigenous people from across North America will meet in Acoma in late October to launch a campaign...
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Navajo Yellowcake Woes Continue | Mother Jones - 1 month ago
pWhen the EPA evacuates your town for Superfund cleanup, what happens to the people left behind?br...
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NRC checks unplanned shutdown at Indian Point 2 | LoHud.com | The Journal News - yesterday
Federal investigators are examining what caused an electrical fault that shut down a nuclear power...
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UPDATE:Entergy May Try Utility Spinoff If Nuclear Plan Blocked - yesterday
Entergy Corp. (ETR) remains committed to spinning off five of its nuclear power plants into a...
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NRC - NRC Approves License Transfers for Constellation/EDF Nuclear Joint Venture - 3 weeks ago
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has approved the transfer of the operating licenses for the...
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DOE wants to ship low-level radioactive waste to Anderson County landfill » Knoxville News Sentinel - 4 weeks ago
The Department of Energy is proposing that tons of very low-level radioactive soil from a closed...
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Committee recommends license renewal for Indian Point | LoHud.com | The Journal News - 1 month ago
A team of independent experts who advise the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on safety are...
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Clean up West Valley : Opinion : The Buffalo News - 1 month ago
Floods and landslides expose risk of incomplete radiation cleanupThe coalition urging state and...
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West Valley Cleanup: Deadline for public comment on West Valley cleanup approaches - 1 month ago
This Tuesday, about 30 people collected on the sidewalk in front of the local office of the New York...
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Panel tosses NRC’s Indian Pt. waiver case | LoHud.com | The Journal News - 1 month ago
A federal appeals court has dismissed an Indian Point case arguing that regulators improperly...
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N.Y.: No ruling on Entergy nuclear spinoff in 2009 | LoHud.com | The Journal News - 2 months ago
New York utility regulators likely will not decide on power provider Entergy Corp.'s plan to spin...
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NRC - NRC Issues Final Safety Evaluation Report for Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant License Renewal - 2 months ago
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued its final safety evaluation report (SER) for the...
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Yucca Mountain Licensing Proceeding - yesterday
In order to participate as a party in the Yucca Mountain high-level nuclear waste repository...
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Substance from nuclear blasts outside test site - News - ReviewJournal.com - 2 weeks ago
Radioactive tritium in well two miles from detonations had been predictedScientists have found the...
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Test site will get name change - News - ReviewJournal.com - 4 weeks ago
Revision to reflect its 'expanded mission'Congress set out to modernize the mission of the Nevada...
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RN&R > Tribes admitted to Yucca case - 1 month ago
A panel of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has recognized councils of the Shoshone and...
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Nuclear sites fear they're the alternative to Yucca Mountain | McClatchy - 1 month ago
It is among the nastiest substances on earth: more than 14,000 tons of highly radioactive waste left...
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IG: Energy employees violated purchase card rules at Yucca Mountain (8/25/09) -- GovExec.com - 2 months ago
Energy Department officials did not follow established policies and procedures for using purchase...
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Experts explore Yucca alternative - ReviewJournal.com - 2 months ago
For more than 20 years, the government's plan to dispose of highly radioactive spent fuel piling up...
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Yucca Mountain officially dead | MNN - Mother Nature Network - 2 months ago
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announces official Yucca Mountain closure. What does it mean for...
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YUCCA MOUNTAIN: Governor votes 'no' on funding - News - ReviewJournal.com - 2 months ago
Despite Gov. Jim Gibbons' objections, the Board of Examiners voted Tuesday to give a Washington law...
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Feds withheld negative Yucca data, say Nevada officials - Las Vegas Sun - 2 months ago
Data shows proposed nuclear waste facility would fail, says state agencyNevada officials say they...
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Poll: Carolinians favor conservation over power plants - Charlotte Business Journal: - yesterday
A growing number of Carolinians say rising demand for electricity can be met through conservation...
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NC officials agree to pay more on litigation - 4 weeks ago
North Carolina's top elected officials have agreed the state should pay another quarter-million...
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Areva and Progress Energy form alliance - 1 month ago
Areva Inc has announced a five-year deal that will see it become the comprehensive supplier of...
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Duke Energy eyes delay for Lee nuclear project - Charlotte Business Journal: - 1 month ago
Duke Energy Carolinas is likely to delay construction of its proposed Lee Nuclear Station for up to...
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NRC - NRC Accepts GE-Hitachi Application for Uranium Enrichment Facility in North Carolina - 2 months ago
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted for formal review an application by General...
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GE, Hitachi to Seek Guarantees for Nuclear Project (Update1) - Bloomberg.com - 4 months ago
General Electric Co., Hitachi Ltd. and Cameco Corp. plan to seek U.S. Department of Energy loan...
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Daily Journal: Duke plans for eventual reactor shutdowns - 4 months ago
The companies that own almost half the nation's nuclear reactors are not setting aside enough money...
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Nuclear Plant Promises Called Blank Sheet of Paper - Huntington News Network - yesterday
A meeting of the Department of Energy’s Site Specific Advisory Board for clean up and reuse of the...
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Toxic legacy of the Cold War -- latimes.com - 2 weeks ago
Reporting from Fernald Preserve, Ohio - Amid the family farms and rolling terrain of southern Ohio,...
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Portsmouth Daily Times - 45M Loan To USEC In Question - 3 weeks ago
Ohio Congresswoman Jean Schmidt (R-2nd District) released a statement Thursday condemning the U.S....
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DOE: No $30M for Ohio Plant - 3 weeks ago
The Department of Energy said Thursday it no longer expects to give $30 million for demonstration...
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Loan guarantee expected by USEC in August | chillicothegazette.com | Chillicothe Gazette - 1 month ago
A decision by the U.S. Department of Energy on whether the United States Enrichment Corp. (USEC)...
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Tennessee legislators push Chu for USEC loan guarantee | Frank Munger's Atomic City Underground | knoxnews.com - 1 month ago
State Sen. Randy McNally, a Republican from Oak Ridge, was among seven Tennessee senators who signed...
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'Terrorists' near nuclear power plant were costumed racers | portclintonnewsherald.com | Port Clinton News Herald - 2 months ago
The reports cited men in masks, a death squad van and other suspicious sights around the Davis Besse...
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The Associated Press: Idaho's Risch backs deal to help enrichment plant - 2 months ago
U.S. Sen. Jim Risch would back doubling federal loan guarantees for U.S. uranium enrichment projects...
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3 Piketon citizens' board members resign | chillicothegazette.com | Chillicothe Gazette - 2 months ago
Three members of the citizen board tasked with offering advice to the Department of Energy on its...
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USEC's hope for loan guarantee gets new life | chillicothegazette.com | Chillicothe Gazette - 2 months ago
USEC Inc.'s hope for a loan guarantee to complete work on the American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon...
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Feds extends Shippingport nuke licenses 20 years - News National & World, News Watch - Vindy.com, The Vindicator - yesterday
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has extended the operating license for two nuclear reactors in...
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Three Mile Island renewed for another 20 years - The York Daily Record - 2 weeks ago
Read the release that details how TMI will operate for an additional 20 years * Record Tracker...
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TimesOnline.com: Group seeks delay of Shippingport nuclear plant’s relicensing decision - 1 month ago
A Pittsburgh-based energy advocacy group wants the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to delay a final...
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Getting There: SHA takes on another big nuclear move - From roads to rails to runways, Michael Dresser tracks transportation - baltimoresun.com - 1 month ago
Fresh from its recent move of a giant transformer to the Peach Bottom nuclear power plant across...
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NRC - NRC Issues Final Safety Evaluation Report for Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant License Renewal - 2 months ago
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued its final safety evaluation report (SER) for the...
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LancasterOnline.com:News:Tritium found at Peach Bottom - 4 months ago
Levels of tritium six times higher than federal standards were identified at Peach Bottom Atomic...
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Three more "special exposure cohorts" for EEOICPA | Frank Munger's Atomic City Underground | knoxnews.com - 4 months ago
The Labor Dept. today released information on three more employee groups with "special exposure...
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Three Mile Island reactor gets environment OK | Markets | Markets News | Reuters - 4 months ago
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission completed the environmental part of the license renewal...
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Report: VA errors caused radiation burns - UPI.com - 4 months ago
A doctor at the Philadelphia Veterans Administration hospital was off target on most of more than...
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Planned nuke reactor might not be built | Wilkes-Barre News | The Times Leader - 4 months ago
PPL Corp. might sell the Bell Bend nuclear reactor it’s hoping to build in Salem Township if it...
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NNSA admin is 'very happy' with MOX | Aiken Standard | Aiken, SC - yesterday
The National Nuclear Safety Administration is "very happy" with the progress being made at...
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Poll: Carolinians favor conservation over power plants - Charlotte Business Journal: - yesterday
A growing number of Carolinians say rising demand for electricity can be met through conservation...
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MOX inspection finds some minor violations, report says 110309 - The Augusta Chronicle - yesterday
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s most recent round of inspections at the U.S. Energy Department’s...
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Funds quicken SRS waste removal | Aiken Standard | Aiken, SC - 1 week ago
Earlier this month, a shipment off-site of seven barrels of tritium- and mercury-contaminated oil...
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SRS subcontractor indicted for fraud | Aiken Standard | Aiken, SC - 2 weeks ago
A former Aiken resident who worked at the Savannah River Site as a subcontractor on the Mixed Oxide...
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NRC orders changes in reactors set for S.C. - Local / Metro - The State - 3 weeks ago
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is raising safety concerns a proposed new reactor designed by...
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Nuclear site rakes in S.C. stimulus funds - Business - The State - 3 weeks ago
More than a third of the $4.2 billion in federal grants and contracts sent so far to South Carolina...
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Radioactive waste shipments to Utah site facing year delay - Salt Lake Tribune - 3 weeks ago
Drums of radioactive cleanup waste in South Carolina are ready for loading onto rail cars for the...
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Depleted uranium shipments delayed - Salt Lake Tribune - 4 weeks ago
U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson is applauding reports that a South Carolina cleanup site is delaying its...
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Pass on power plant was sought all along - Business - The Sun News - 1 month ago
The Grand Strand, South Carolina's tourist economic engine, won't have enough electricity by 2012 to...
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Use nuclear energy to augment water supply | argusleader.com | Argus Leader - 4 months ago
Desalination might become increasingly necessary if severe drought continues in the United States....
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SD uranium mine request deficient | argusleader.com | Argus Leader - 4 months ago
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has told the Canadian developer of a planned uranium mine in...
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Rapid City Journal | News » Top | NRC ups review of new in situ uranium mines - 5 months ago
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will require more detailed environmental studies of proposed new...
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Rapid City Journal | News » Top | Defenders of the Black Hills to appeal uranium mine site - 6 months ago
"Special, unique:" Group says area is historic burial groundsA group formed to protect...
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The Black Hills Pioneer & Rapid City Weekly News >Tronox Bankruptcy raises questions about uranium cleanup - 9 months ago
Tronox Incorporated announced on Monday that it and certain of the company's subsidiaries filed...
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Rapid City Journal | News » Top | Residents notified of radioactive water tests - 10 months ago
Box Elder residents should receive notices within the next week alerting them to the presence of...
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The Black Hills Pioneer & Rapid City Weekly News | BHPioneer.com | News for Spearfish, South Dakota > Archives > Breaking News > <font size=5><b>Uranium mining under fire</font></b> - 10 months ago
Two groups and an individual have filed nomination petitions with the South Dakota Department of...
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Environmental groups outraged over governor ties to uranium company | www.lakotacountrytimes.com | Lakota Country Times - 11 months ago
The news yesterday in the Rapid City Journal by reporter Keven Woster, regarding Governor Mike...
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TheChadronNews.com - Regional groups unite to oppose uranium mining - 1 year ago
Environmental activists from a four-state area met near Chadron last weekend to discuss their...
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Two area uranium projects under review » RapidCityJournal.com - 1 year ago
Two regional uranium leach-mining projects are under review by federal and state officials.In South...
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DOE: ORNL: Y-12 SWEIS - 1 week ago
Draft SWEIS Dear Interested Party Letter Summary Table of Contents and Front Matter ...
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Factoid No. 1 from Y-12 EIS | Frank Munger's Atomic City Underground | knoxnews.com - 1 week ago
Here's a brief excerpt from the Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement on Y-12, the document...
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Remembrance Day and Janine Anderson | Frank Munger's Atomic City Underground | knoxnews.com - 1 week ago
The first "National Day of Remembrance" will be held this Friday, and Oak Ridge will be...
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Advisory board recommends Special Exposure Cohort for Oak Ridge Hospital workers, 1950-59 | Frank Munger's Atomic City Underground | knoxnews.com - 2 weeks ago
The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health today recommended that Oak Ridge Hospital workers,...
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DOE wants to ship low-level radioactive waste to Anderson County landfill » Knoxville News Sentinel - 4 weeks ago
The Department of Energy is proposing that tons of very low-level radioactive soil from a closed...
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NukeWatch reports UPF getting $94M in 2010| knoxnews.com - 4 weeks ago
I received an e-mail this afternoon from Jay Coghlan, executive director of Nuclear Watch New Mexico...
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Environmental Concerns Raised About TVA Reactor - wjz.com - 4 weeks ago
Opponents raised environmental concerns Tuesday about the Tennessee Valley Authority's plans to...
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Chattanooga Times Free Press | Tennessee: Watts Bar nuclear reactor too risky, critics say - 4 weeks ago
Critics of TVA's Watts Bar Nuclear Plant told regulators today that finishing another reactor is too...
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Security supervisor fired for alleged threat | Frank Munger's Atomic City Underground | knoxnews.com - 1 month ago
Wackenhut Services Inc., the government's security contractor in Oak Ridge, has confirmed that a...
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$5 million USEC tax break may be revised - Oak Ridge, TN - The Oak Ridger - 1 month ago
The largest tax break given under city policies in effect for several years might have to be revised...
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Independent citizens panel needed for nuclear dilemma - yesterday
Last week's revelation that the proposed STP nuclear expansion may cost $4 billion (31 percent) more...
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Public Citizen - As Thursday Vote Looms on Two New Reactors, Popular Opposition May Make Selling Nuclear Power More Difficult - 1 week ago
As a Thursday vote on two new nuclear reactors looms, cities around the state that purchase power...
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Cost could mar STP nuclear deal - 1 week ago
Two troubling issues emerged from news that the cost estimate for the proposed expansion of nuclear...
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San Antonio Clean Tech Nuclear Forum September 16, 2009 Part 1 on Vimeo - 2 weeks ago
Mayor Julian Castro City of San Antonio,Steve Bartley Interim General Manager, CPS Energy,Craig...
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Dr. Arjun Makhijani September 16 interview on Vimeo - 2 weeks ago
Interview with Dr. Arjun Makhijani at the San Antonio Clean tech forumon the risks associated with...
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FR: NRC: FONSI WCS Tx EA dump - 3 weeks ago
Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Final Finding of No Significant Impact for Modification of...
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CPS votes to lower share in nuclear plant - 3 weeks ago
CPS Energy's board unanimously agreed Tuesday to look for buyers for about half the utility's stake...
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SA Current - Nuke’m High: CPS Board votes 5-0 for nuclear power - 3 weeks ago
Board Chair Aurora Gies opened the special meeting of CPS Energy’s Board of Trustees in a bunker in...
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The Hawk Eye: Pantex plant site waiting for same status as IAAP - 4 weeks ago
Many former atomic energy workers in southeast Iowa practically have to beg for compensation under...
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CPS postpones vote on nuclear expansion - 1 month ago
A vote on the plan to reduce San Antonio's share in the nuclear project will be postponed at least a...
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Scientists: Nuke panel owes Utahns an apology - Salt Lake Tribune - yesterday
Three scientists say federal nuclear regulators owe Utahns an apology -- and a policy change -- for...
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Deseret News | Salt Lake County opposes importing N-waste - yesterday
A resolution backing a federal effort to block the importation of radioactive waste from foreign...
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Deseret News | House panel OKs bill to ban importing foreign N-waste - yesterday
A House subcommittee endorsed Tuesday a bill to ban importing foreign, low-level radioactive waste —...
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Ban on importing foreign nuclear waste advances | tennessean.com | The Tennessean - yesterday
Legislation that would ban the importation of foreign radioactive waste took a small step forward on...
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Deseret News | Funds dwindling to oversee Utah's hazardous waste - yesterday
Businesses that handle some of Utah's most dangerous materials are being inspected less often...
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Funds dwindling to oversee Utah's hazardous waste - Salt Lake Tribune - 1 week ago
Regulation » Inspections of businesses that handle disposal are becoming less frequent.Salt Lake...
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Hanford News: Utah Bill seeks to ban foreign nuclear waste - 1 week ago
A bill designed to keep foreign countries from disposing their nuclear waste in the United States is...
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Nuclear power water rights protests triggers public hearing - Salt Lake Tribune - 1 week ago
State water officials have decided to schedule a public hearing on a proposal that would transfer...
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The Associated Press: Bill to ban foreign nuke waste makes small advance - 1 week ago
A bill designed to keep foreign countries from disposing their nuclear waste in the United States is...
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Buyer beware - Salt Lake Tribune - 1 week ago
EnergySolutions has a good thing going, a virtual monopoly on the disposal of Class A low-level...
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UPDATE:Entergy May Try Utility Spinoff If Nuclear Plan Blocked - yesterday
Entergy Corp. (ETR) remains committed to spinning off five of its nuclear power plants into a...
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Vermont Yankee misses deadline | burlingtonfreepress.com | The Burlington Free Press - yesterday
A Nov. 1 deadline set by legislative leaders came and went, and still no deal between Vermont Yankee...
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SentinelSource.com | READER OPINION: It’s time to close up Vermont Yankee, by Bill Pearson - yesterday
We all know that Entergy Vermont Yankee prides itself on its safe, clean, reliable, and 24/7...
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NRC OKs Entergy spin-off: Rutland Herald Online - 1 week ago
Federal regulators gave two green lights to Entergy Nuclear Thursday, saying recent changes Entergy...
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Report: Dry cask studies 'inadequate' - Brattleboro Reformer - 1 week ago
The Vermont Public Service Board should not have given the OK for the storage of spent nuclear fuel...
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The Associated Press: Vermont Senate chief questions Entergy spinoff - 2 weeks ago
The Vermont Yankee nuclear plant's future as a provider of a third of the state's electricity could...
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VT pol says Yankee nuke plan cound hinder license - 2 weeks ago
The head of the state Senate says it will be much more difficult for the Vermont Yankee nuclear...
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Report: VY deal not good for Vermont - Brattleboro Reformer - 3 weeks ago
This is the final of two stories detailing a new report on the economics of closing Vermont Yankee...
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Spent fuel could remain at VY for 100 years or more - Brattleboro Reformer - 4 weeks ago
This is the second in a series of stories dealing with the issue of spent fuel stored at the...
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VY protesters disappointed - Brattleboro Reformer - 1 month ago
The four women who were arrested Monday for entering the gates of Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant...
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NRC's decision on B&W incident could take 4-6 weeks | Lynchburg News Advance - yesterday
It could take more than a month for federal regulators to decide whether to take action against...
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WWW.WPCVA.COM: Uranium dust a problem - yesterday
Over the last 2 1/2 years I have been talking about the dust problem that would accompany the...
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NRC committee to meet to discuss uranium study | GoDanRiver - 1 week ago
The National Research Council governing board’s executive committee will meet next month to discuss...
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North Anna nuke reactor shut down by 'unusual event' | Richmond Times-Dispatch - 1 week ago
Dominion Virginia Power shut down one of its two nuclear reactors at its North Anna power station...
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Areva closing Lynchburg plant -- dailypress.com - 1 month ago
The company building a new facility in Newport News to build components for nuclear reactors has...
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Areva, Northrop Grumman break ground on Virginia nuclear facility - 3 months ago
Areva and Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding broke ground Wednesday on the first manufacturing facility...
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NRC: NRC Activates Incident Response Centers After Alert Declared at B&W in Lynchburg, Va. - 3 months ago
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission manned Incident Response Centers in Atlanta and Rockville, Md.,...
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Feds investigate uranium accident at Lynchburg B&W plant | WSLS 10 - 3 months ago
A trace of uranium found in a container of oil Wednesday night prompted several hours of concern at...
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Official seeks funding for uranium study | GoDanRiver - 4 months ago
While the commonwealth waits for a study to begin to determine whether uranium can be mined and...
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WPCVA: Uranium tearing county apart - 4 months ago
I grow weary of this constant belittling enveloping this county.What happened to the days of "...
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Day honors Cold War Hanford workers - Mid-Columbia News | Tri-City Herald : Mid-Columbia news - 1 week ago
Harold Copeland took an engineering job at the Hanford nuclear reservation in 1947, swayed by a...
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Hanford waste import moratorium questioned - Mid-Columbia News | Tri-City Herald : Mid-Columbia news - 1 week ago
Concerns were raised about whether the state can make the federal government stick to its moratorium...
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Hanford News: More Hanford workers could be compensated - 1 week ago
Less than 10 percent of former Hanford construction workers who likely would qualify for...
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Hanford News: Moratorium on shipping radioactive waste to Hanford broadened - 1 week ago
The Department of Energy is adding another type of radioactive waste to those that won't be sent to...
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Special cohort needed for Hanford workers - Opinions | Tri-City Herald : Mid-Columbia news - 1 week ago
We're not nuclear scientists or radiation experts, but we're willing to accept the recommendation...
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The “Dirtiest Place on Earth” Still Has a Lot of Nuke Waste to Clean Up | 80beats | Discover Magazine - 1 week ago
It’s one of the biggest cleanup jobs the United States has ever undertaken, and it’s a long way from...
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Hanford News: Study recommends demolishing FFTF, banning waste imports - 1 week ago
Ground work for significant Hanford cleanup is laid out for decades to come in a draft version of a...
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OPB News · Hanford's New Cleanup Schedule For Tank Waste Up For Public Comment - 1 week ago
The U.S. Department of Energy is collecting comments over the next few weeks on its new timeline for...
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'Hot' nuclear waste could still be shipped to Hanford under proposed settlement | Oregon Local News - - OregonLive.com - 2 weeks ago
When Oregon and Washington's governors announced a settlement with the U.S. Department of Energy in...
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Board OKs expanded compensation for ill Hanford nuclear workers - Breaking News - Yahoo | Tri-City Herald : Mid-Columbia news - 2 weeks ago
A compensation program for ill nuclear workers won key approval Tuesday to offer automatic $150,000...
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