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New Take on Impacts of Low Dose RadiationBerkeley CA (SPX) Dec 23, 2011 Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), through a combination of time-lapse live imaging and mathematical modeling of a special line of human breast cells, have found evidence to suggest that for low dose levels of ionizing radiation, cancer risks may not be directly proportional to dose. This contradicts the standard model for predicting biological damage from ionizing radiation - the linear-no-threshold hypothesis or LNT - whic ... read more |
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  US approves new nuclear plant design The US approved a new nuclear plant design Thursday, paving the way for the country's first new nuclear power facilities since 1996 to be built. ... more | .. |
 Areva's Finnish EPR reactor delayed until August 2014 The start-up of Finland's fifth nuclear reactor, being built by the French-German consortium Areva-Siemens, has been delayed until August 2014, Finnish power company Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Former spymaster's firm seeks uranium in Israeli desert An Israeli energy firm run by a former head of the Mossad spy agency is to start prospecting for uranium in the southern Negev desert, the company said on Thursday. ... 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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 Romania restarts nuclear reactor after technical problem A Romanian nuclear reactor closed down on Monday because of a technical problem was restarted on Wednesday, the national operator Nuclearelectrica said. ... more | .. |
  Small fire at Japan nuclear lab; no radiation leak A building housing an experimental nuclear reactor in Japan caught fire Tuesday, but there was no leak of radioactive materials, officials said, amid nervousness over Japan's atomic industry. ... more | .. |
 Namibia uranium production falls 27.5% in 2011: reserve bank The uranium output of Namibia, the world's fourth producer, fell 27.5 percent this year due to high rainfall, low prices and industrial actions, the country's reserve bank said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Key steps to Fukushima plant 'cold shutdown' Japan's announcement that crippled reactors at its Fukushima nuclear plant have been brought to a state of cold shutdown marks the second step in the government's recovery plan and is the culmination of nine months of sometimes chaotic efforts to bring the reactors under control. ... more |
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Wildfire-induced thunderstorms recreated in Earth system models for first time
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 Westinghouse and KEPCO Nuclear Fuel Joint Venture 2011-KWN, a company jointly owned by Westinghouse Electric Company and KEPCO Nuclear Fuel, has begun production of control element assemblies (CEAs) for Combustion Engineering- designed nuclear plan ... more | .. |
Romanian nuclear reactor stopped due to technical problem A Romanian nuclear reactor was stopped on Monday because of a technical problem but all security systems are functioning properly, the national operator Nuclearelectrica said. ... more | .. |
Japan nuclear efforts only 'first aid': press Japanese newspapers Saturday dismissed Tokyo's declaration of a "cold shutdown" at the Fukushima nuclear plant as meaning only "first aid" had been completed, saying a long recovery still lay ahead. ... more | .. |
 Japan set to declare Fukushima plant shutdown Japan on Friday looked set to announce it had finally tamed leaking atomic reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power station, nine months after one of the world's worst nuclear crises began. ... more |
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 Small reactors could figure into US energy future A newly released study from the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) concludes that small modular reactors may hold the key to the future of U.S. nuclear power generation. ... more | .. |
 Mob involved in Fukushima clean-up: Japan reporter A Japanese journalist who worked at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant this summer claimed Thursday that Japan's yakuza crime syndicates were involved in supplying clean-up crews. ... more | .. |
 Scientists Assess Radioactivity in the Ocean from Japan Nuclear Power Facility With current news of additional radioactive leaks from the Fukushima nuclear power plants, the impact on the ocean of releases of radioactivity from the plants remains unclear. But a new study by U. ... more | .. |
 The hermit of Fukushima 'staying put' despite risks Naoto Matsumura is tired of being accused of madness for refusing to leave his farm in the shadow of Japan's still-leaking Fukushima nuclear plant. ... more |
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Britain gives interim OK for French, US nuclear plant plans British authorities gave interim approval on Wednesday for designs for two nuclear reactors proposed for construction by French firms EDF and Areva, and by US firm Westinghouse. ... more | .. |
 Small reactors called U.S. nuclear future The future of U.S. nuclear power generation could lie in small, modular reactors rather than the giant facilities common today, energy researchers say. ... more | .. |
Japan minister questions radioactive water dump Japan's industry minister Tuesday rejected a plan by the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to release low-level radioactive water into the sea without approval by local fishermen. ... more | .. |
 Merkel: nuclear exit will create more jobs than destroys Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday that Germany's planned abandonment of nuclear energy would ultimately create more employment than it destroys, after announced job losses in the sector. ... more |
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 French nuke giant Areva suspends investment in sites French nuclear giant Areva said Tuesday it is suspending building work at several sites in France, Africa and the United States, one day after forecasting a 1.6 billion ($2.1 billion) euro loss. ... more | .. |
France's Areva to announce 'significant' losses: minister French state-owned nuclear giant Areva is to announce significant losses when it unveils its new corporate strategy this week, Industry Minister Eric Besson said on Sunday. ... more | .. |
 China, Bill Gates in nuclear reactor talks China says it is ready to start work on a novel design for a nuclear reactor with the help of a firm created by Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates. ... more | .. |
 France's Areva sees 2011 loss of up to 1.6 bn euros French nuclear energy giant Areva warned Monday its 2011 operating loss may top 1.6 billion euros ($2.1 billion) as the Fukushima nuclear disaster hit the value of its mining assets, and launched a major cost-cutting drive. ... more |
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 Radioactive water leaked at second Japan plant A Japanese nuclear plant leaked 1.8 tonnes of radioactive water from its cooling system, the government said, heightening safety worries as an atomic crisis continues at another plant. ... more | .. |
 Poland freezes role in Lithuania atomic project Poland has decided to freeze its participation in a four-country project to build a new nuclear power plant in neighbouring Lithuania, state energy group PGE said Friday. ... more | .. |
 How sustainable is nuclear power for the UK The research into the sustainability of nuclear and other electricity options in the UK shows that nuclear power could make a significant contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2035. H ... more | .. |
 Ex-chief of Japan nuclear plant has cancer: operator The former chief of Japan's crippled nuclear plant, who left the job last week, has cancer of the esophagus, his employer said Friday, adding it was unlikely to be linked to radiation exposure. ... more |
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 France to strengthen nuclear security after break-ins: EDF France will beef up security at its nuclear plants after Greenpeace activists broke into two facilities, the head of energy firm EDF said on Friday, denouncing the stunt as "stupid". ... more | .. |
Poland says it freezes role in Lithuania atomic project Poland has decided to freeze its participation in a four-country project to build a new nuclear power plant in neighbouring Lithuania, state energy group PGE said Friday. ... more | .. |
Japan plant operator mulls new nuclear water dump Japan's embattled Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Thursday it was considering dumping more nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima power plant into the sea. ... more | .. |
After Fukushima, the nuclear industry wonders what's next Until March 11, the nuclear energy industry had been enjoying resurgent acceptability as carbon-cutting countries sought to create energy without burning fossil fuels. ... more |
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