Palisades Nuclear Power Plant ...

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Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in southwestern Michigan was taken offline Sunday…

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One nuke plant in Wisconsin wi...

May 6, 2013 by

Another in California might not be switched back on

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One of the awful things about ...

Apr 16, 2013 by

It’s hard to imagine a worse traffic jam than the traffic jam that slows your escape from a nuclear meltdown.

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Fukushima Cooling System Fails...

Apr 5, 2013 by

TOKYO — Power was restored Friday to a cooling system at a tsunami-damaged nuclear plant..

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Ameren Missouri Nuclear Plant ...

Apr 3, 2013 by

Three employees have been injured during an accident at an Ameren Corp. nuclear plant in central Missouri.

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San Onofre Nuke Plant Eyes Sum...

Mar 23, 2013 by

The operator of the shuttered San Onofre nuclear power plant in California disclosed Friday it might push for a rewrite of the facility’s operating rules

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Nuclear Power: Damned If You D...

Mar 20, 2013 by

To some critics, there is no riskier source of electricity than nuclear power.

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Fukushima And The Navy:

Mar 12, 2013 by

Sailors Sue Japan Nuclear Plant Owner, Saying Disaster Made Them Sick

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The Tower that Toppled a Terri...

Mar 1, 2013 by

The decades have taught us that money spent on any form of atomic energy means vital resources stripped from renewable technologies we need to survive.

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The end of nuclear power? Care...

Feb 4, 2013 by

Flawed and stalled as the plans for toxic waste may be, at least they exist.

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Indian Point Nuclear Threat Ne...

Dec 20, 2012 by

In a letter sent Wednesday, a pair of nuclear engineers –…

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Top 15 Biodiversity Threats/Op...

Dec 13, 2012 by

A team of researchers engaged in a “horizon scanning” …

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Leaked Report Suggests Long-Kn...

Oct 19, 2012 by

An un-redacted version of a recently released Nuclear Regulatory Commission report highlights the threat that flooding poses to nuclear power plants located near large dams —

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With Tight Research Budgets, I...

Oct 18, 2012 by

Moving beyond the country’s, and the world’s, existing energy menu…

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North Carolina Uranium Enrichm...

Sep 26, 2012 by

A nuclear power partnership of General Electric Co. and Tokyo-based Hitachi Ltd. received federal approval Tuesday …

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Deje vu? 3 Mile Island Automat...

Sep 21, 2012 by

A malfunctioning pump at the site of the worst nuclear power plant accident in U.S. history has triggered an automatic shutdown.

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Japan Backtracks on Nuclear Po...

Sep 20, 2012 by

So much for willpower: Earth Island Journal reports that the planned nuclear power phase out in Japan..

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Gardens at Temporary Housing i...

Sep 18, 2012 by

After the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster I didn’t stay abreast of what was going on.

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Flood Threat To Nuclear Plants

Sep 15, 2012 by

… a whistleblower engineer within the agency accused regulators of deliberately covering up information relating to the vulnerability of U.S. nuclear power facilities that sit downstream from large dams and reservoirs.

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From Global Pariah to Green Gi...

Aug 10, 2012 by

[Translate] Frances Moore Lappe Author, ‘Diet for a Small Planet’ Posted: 08/10/2012 12:37 pm If you aren’t scared...

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100% Renewable Energy By 2050 ...

Aug 3, 2012 by

We recently examined how Australia can meet 100% of its electricity needs from renewable sources by 2020.

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Pyromania at the Nuclear Regul...

Jun 29, 2012 by

[Translate] Elliott Negin Director of News & Commentary, Union of Concerned Scientists Posted: 06/29/2012 11:19 am The Nuclear...

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Why Nuclear Power is Not an En...

Jun 22, 2012 by

[Translate] Sarah Hodgdon Energy / Energy Policy June 22, 2012 tobo/CC BY 2.0 Americans from coast-to-coast are pushing to end the...

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Nuclear Safety Debate Between ...

May 17, 2012 by

In a letter sent Tuesday to Gregory B. Jaczko, chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, representatives of the nuclear power industry argued that an enhanced safety feature designed to limit releases of radioactive gases into the environment during a severe accident was being hastily considered by the commission.

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San Onofre Power Plant’s...

May 14, 2012 by

A $670 million overhaul at California’s San Onofre nuclear plant was expressly intended to avoid the types of ailments that have sidelined its twin reactors.

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