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US Nuclear Industry Was In Serious Trouble Before Fukushima and Now Is StalledWashington DC (SPX) Jun 17, 2011 Even as Germany, Japan, Switzerland and other nations move to abandon existing and planned nuclear reactors, the United States is on a path to see at best only a small handful of already planned, government-backed reactor projects proceed, a group of experts have said. While reversals for the nuclear power industry overseas have attracted substantial media attention, relatively little focus has been paid to such developments in the U.S. as the mothballing of the South Texas Project in Texas (once ... read more |
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 China's nuclear reactors pass inspections All 13 of China's operating nuclear reactors have passed safety inspections, said China's Vice Environment Minister Li Ganjie. ... more | .. |
Japan panel pledges tough TEPCO restructuring An independent panel on Thursday pledged to oversee a tough restructuring of Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Co. to ensure the utility will raise what funds it can to pay huge compensation claims. ... more | .. |
China nuclear safety checks to run until October China has finished inspecting nuclear reactors operating around the country and will complete checks on more than two dozen still under construction by October, the environment ministry has said. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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 Westinghouse And BEH Sign Agreement On Nuclear Collaboration Westinghouse has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Bulgarian Energy Holding EAD (BEH) under which the companies will discuss cooperation on a range of nuclear ene ... more | .. |
 Vote deals blow to Italian nuke power plan Europe's nuclear industry was dealt another blow this week when Italian voters soundly rejected a referendum that would have restarted the country's nuclear program. ... more | .. |
  Japan city to give radiation counters to children Japan's Fukushima city said Tuesday it would hand radiation dosimeters to 34,000 children to gauge their exposure from the crippled nuclear power plant about 60 kilometres (40 miles) away. ... more | .. |
Indonesia to pursue nuclear power? Indonesia hasn't dismissed the possibility of using nuclear power, a government official said. ... more |
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 Berlusconi acknowledges reversal on nuclear power Italians overwhelmingly approved a referendum blocking a return to nuclear power, official results released Tuesday showed, reflecting wavering faith in its safety after the Fukushima disaster in Japan. ... more | .. |
 Italians 'have turned their backs' on Berlusconi A trouncing in referendums that have wiped out Italy's plans to return to nuclear power after a shock local election defeat mean Silvio Berlusconi has lost his magic, Italian newspapers said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Japan city to give radiation counters to children Japan's Fukushima city said Tuesday it would hand radiation measuring devices to 34,000 children to gauge their exposure from the crippled nuclear power plant about 60 kilometres (40 miles) away. ... more | .. |
  Nuclear vote forces Italy to ponder renewables The resounding no from Italians to nuclear power may not change much in the short term but it will force the government to adopt a new strategy based increasingly on renewable energy, experts said. ... more |
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 Japan poll finds 74% support nuclear phase-out Almost three-quarters of Japanese respondents to a newspaper poll published Tuesday favour a gradual phase-out of nuclear energy in the wake of the Fukushima atomic accident. ... more | .. |
  German port's future blowing in the wind The small German port of Cuxhaven is betting its future on North Sea wind, promoting itself as a base for new offshore wind farms as the country embarks on a bid to scrap nuclear power. ... more | .. |
 US Westinghouse Electric eyes nuclear projects in Bulgaria Westinghouse Electric signed on Monday a memorandum of understanding to cooperate with Bulgaria's state energy company in the area of nuclear energy, the government said. ... more | .. |
  Japan marks three months since tsunami with protests Thousands of people staged anti-nuclear rallies in Japan Saturday as the country marked three months since its massive quake and tsunami which resulted in the world's worst nuclear accident in 25 years. ... more |
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  Japan's tsunami and nuclear disaster: a timeline Here are key developments in Japan, three months after a giant quake and tsunami ravaged the country's northeast, sparking the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl in Ukraine in 1986. ... more | .. |
Murakami criticises Japan's nuclear policy Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami criticised his country's pursuit of nuclear power in an acceptance speech for Spain's 2011 International Catalunya Prize, a news report said Friday. ... more | .. |
State of Japan's nuclear disaster Three months after Japan's massive quake and tsunami sparked the world's worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, emergency crews are still months away from bringing damaged reactors under control. ... more | .. |
 Greenpeace warns of radiation risk to Japan children Greenpeace called on Japan on Thursday to evacuate children and pregnant women from a town about 60 kilometres (40 miles) from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant because of high radiation. ... more |
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 French Greens seek nuke power phase-out The French Green Party is calling for a total phaseout of nuclear energy just as a major poll indicated growing public hostility toward the industry. ... more | .. |
  S. America gas bonanza waiting to happen A bonanza of natural gas production and export is waiting to begin in South America as investment focus shifts to gas as a greener and safer alternative to oil and nuclear power, the International Energy Agency said in a special report. ... more | .. |
Watchdogs urge completion of post-Fukushima checks Nuclear regulatory agencies called on Wednesday for national watchdogs to complete post-Fukushima checks but stressed plant operators should not escape their "prime responsibility" for reactor safety. ... more | .. |
Japan doubles plant radiation leak estimate Japan has more than doubled its initial estimate of radiation released from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant in the week after the March 11 tsunami, ahead of the launch of an official probe Tuesday. ... more |
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 Japan to report nuclear 'melt-throughs' to UN Japan in a report prepared for the UN nuclear watchdog on Tuesday said for the first time that fuel in its crippled Fukushima plant may have melted through three reactor core vessels. ... more | .. |
 Call for safety checks, IAEA role to boost nuclear safety Thirty-three countries agreed on Tuesday that stringent inspections, better cooperation and a stronger role for the UN should spearhead nuclear safety improvements following the Fukushima disaster. ... more | .. |
 Protests as Dutch nuclear rail shipment heads to France A train carrying nuclear waste to France was able to depart on Tuesday despite efforts by Dutch and Belgian anti-nuclear activists - some who were trying to block it by chaining themselves to the tracks. ... more | .. |
  Nuclear weapons threat not decreasing, study says More than 5,000 nuclear weapons are deployed around the world and nuclear powers continue investing in new weapon systems, making meaningful disarmament in the near future unlikely, a report published Tuesday said. ... more |
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 Nuclear energy vital for economic growth: Russia The use of nuclear energy is vital for the future development of the world economy, the head of Russia's state nuclear agency said Monday in an impassioned defence of atomic power. ... more | .. |
 Germany looks to post-nuclear era Germany laid out plans Monday on how it intends to abandon nuclear power in the next decade while still keeping its economy competitive and achieving its climate goals. ... more | .. |
Fukushima to get 370 tanks for radioactive water Hundreds of water tanks are to be sent to Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to hold thousands of tons of water contaminated in the effort to keep its reactors cool, the operator said Sunday. ... more | .. |
Water dilemma at damaged Japan nuke plant Engineers at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are struggling with what to do with 15 million gallons of contaminated water used to cool damaged reactors. ... more |
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