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World Briefs (Cached) 24.5.2013 Durango Herald
Stricken Japan nuke plant struggles to keep staffTOKYO x2013 Keeping the meltdown-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in northeastern Japan in stable condition requires a cast of thousands. Increasingly the plantx2019s operator is struggling to find enough workers, a trend that many expect to worsen and hamper progress in the...
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States Petition NRC For Better Nuclear Waste Rules 24.5.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Attorneys general in Vermont, New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut announced Thursday they are petitioning the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a more...
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The real threat to our homeland 23.5.2013 Chicago Tribune: Opinion
The real threat to our homeland
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Richland nuclear plant out for refueling 23.5.2013 AP Washington
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) -- The only nuclear power plant in the Northwest is shut down for a refueling that takes place every two years....
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San Onofre nuclear power plant execs made 'Star Trek'-themed video 23.5.2013 San Jose Mercury News: California
Managers at the San Onofre nuclear generating plant made a 'Star Trek'-themed safety video two years before the plant was shut down because of damaged water pipes.
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Stricken Japan nuke plant struggles to keep staff 23.5.2013 AP Business
TOKYO (AP) -- Keeping the meltdown-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in northeastern Japan in stable condition requires a cast of thousands. Increasingly the plant's operator is struggling to find enough workers, a trend that many expect to worsen and hamper progress in the decades-long effort to safely decommission it....
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Stricken Japan nuke plant struggles to keep staff 23.5.2013 World
TOKYO (AP) — Keeping the meltdown-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in northeastern Japan in stable condition requires a cast of thousands. Increasingly the plant's operator is struggling to find enough workers, a trend that many expect to worsen and hamper progress in the decades-long effort to safely decommission it. ...
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Stricken Japan nuke plant struggles to keep staff 23.5.2013 Boston Globe: Latest
Stricken Japan nuke plant struggles to keep staff
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Going Green? Then Go Nuclear 23.5.2013 Wall St. Journal: Opinion
We're environmentalists, but pretending that solar power is ready for prime time is delusional.
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US opens inspection into shuttered nuke plant 22.5.2013 Yahoo: US National
RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — Federal regulators are launching a special inspection of a nuclear power plant outside North Carolina's capital city that was forced to shut down last week.
Feds open special inspection into NC nuke plant 22.5.2013 Yahoo: US National
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal regulators said Wednesday that they are conducting a special inspection of a nuclear power plant outside North Carolina's capital city that was forced to shut down last week after operators discovered corrosion and cracking in the reactor vessel's covering.
Feds open inspection into shuttered NC nuke plant 22.5.2013 Yahoo: US National
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal regulators are launching a special inspection of a nuclear power plant outside North Carolina's capital city that was forced to shut down last week.
Feds open inspection into shuttered NC nuke plant 22.5.2013 Twincities.com: Nation
RALEIGH, N.C.—Federal regulators are launching a special inspection of a nuclear power plant outside North Carolina's capital city that was
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Japan watchdog: Nuclear plant sits on active fault 22.5.2013 Seattle Times: Nation & World
Japan's nuclear watchdog on Wednesday endorsed a panel's conclusion that a seismic fault running underneath one of two reactors at an atomic plant in western Japan is active, making the reactor's restart virtually impossible.
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Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Issues Decision on San Onofre, Sides with FOE and NRDC 20.5.2013 Switchboard, from NRDC
Jordan Weaver, Project Scientist and Science Center Fellow, Washington, D.C.: In the ongoing saga of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) and its faulty steam generators, on May 13, 2013 an Atomic Safety & Licensing Board panel of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission delivered answers to a set of questions...
Feds again delay San Onofre nuke restart decision 20.5.2013 Twincities.com: Nation
LOS ANGELES—Federal regulators have indefinitely delayed a decision on the proposed restart of the shuttered San Onofre nuclear power plant in
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We can let fission fizzle out in a renewable world 20.5.2013 New Scientist: Health
We can let fission fizzle out in a renewable world
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Letters show rift over San Onofre nuclear repairs 20.5.2013 LA Times: Science
Letters show inability of Southern California Edison and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to agree on a long-range repair plan for the facility, off-line since January 2012.

In a flurry of letters late last year, Southern California Edison and the manufacturer that designed the steam generators at the now-dark San Onofre nuclear power plant appeared to be at odds over a long-term plan to repair the troubled facility.
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Northeast Japan jolted by magnitude 5.9 quake, no tsunami warning 18.5.2013 Chicago Tribune: Nation
Northeast Japan jolted by magnitude 5.9 quake, no tsunami warning
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Correction: Nuclear Plant Shutdown-NC story 18.5.2013 Seattle Times: Nation & World
In a story May 16 about a shutdown at the Shearon Harris nuclear power plant, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the reactor vessel contains superheated steam. The vessel covers the nuclear core, which produces heat. The heat is converted to steam later in the process to produce electricity.
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