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Japan watchdog to halt test reactor over safety	15.5.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
TOKYO—Japan's nuclear watchdog announced Wednesday that the nation's trouble-plagued next-generation test reactor will not be allowed to restart due to safety violations, dealing a setback to the country's pro-nuclear government.
Ur-Energy granted uranium ore processing request	30.4.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
Littleton-based Ur-Energy Inc. announced Monday that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved the company's request to install and operate two rotary vacuum dryers and package up to 2
The latest: Mixed messages about nuclear power safety	27.4.2013	Current Issue
Ex-nuclear regulatory commission chief says no U.S. nuclear plants are safe, while California's San Onofre plant plans to restart
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Telluride: no to uranium leasing	26.4.2013	Telluride: News
For the second time in two years, Telluride residents delivered the same message to U.S. Department of Energy officials: The uranium leasing program should be disbanded and the potentially toxic element left in the ground.
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Colorado approves license for construction of uranium mill	26.4.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
After a lengthy and contentious approval process, the state has granted a license for construction to begin on the first new uranium mill in the U.S. in more than 30 years.
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State approves license to build uranium mill in Montrose County (Cached)	26.4.2013	Durango Herald
DENVER x2013 After a lengthy and contentious approval process, Colorado granted a license for construction to begin on the first new uranium mill in the United States in more than 30 years.The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment on Thursday issued Toronto-based Energy Fuels a radioactive materials license, clearing...
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Senators unveil nuke waste storage plan	26.4.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Thomas Burr The Salt Lake Tribune Published Apr 25, 2013 03:44PM MDT Washington • A bipartisan group of senators wants to form a federal agency responsible for finding homes for the nation’s scattered stockpile of nuclear waste — but only if the eventual storage sites would welcome the radioactive leftovers. The draft legislation, unveiled Thursday, would implement plans from a blue-ribbon commission that sought to end a stalemate over what to do with tens of thousands of tons of high-level nuclear waste piling up around the nation at nuclear reactors since the Y... ...
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License approved for construction of uranium mill	25.4.2013	Denver Post: Business
License approved for construction of uranium mill
DOE extends environmental impact statement comment period	19.4.2013	Telluride: News
The U.S. Department of Energy has extended the public comment period on its controversial Draft Uranium Leasing Program Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement until May 31.
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Activistsx2019 bid to force uranium-mine cleanup fails (Cached)	18.4.2013	Durango Herald
DENVER x2013 Environmentalists failed in their attempt Wednesday to force the cleanup of several long-dormant uranium mines on the Western Slope.Decades ago, Coloradox2019s uranium belt north of Dove Creek and west of Telluride provided high-paying jobs and much of the fuel for the countryx2019s early nuclear-weapons arsenal.
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IAEA inspects Japan's crippled nuclear plant	17.4.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
TOKYO—A U.N. nuclear watchdog team has begun inspecting Japan's crippled nuclear plant, which has been plagued with radioactive water leaks and other glitches more than two years it was struck by a tsunami.
Alert to Congress: Nuclear evacuation may bog down	11.4.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Jeff Donn The Associated Press Published Apr 10, 2013 10:20PM MDT Regulators and congressional investigators clashed Wednesday over a new report warning that in the event of an accident at a nuclear plant, panicking residents from outside the official evacuation zone might jam the roads and prevent others from escaping. The report by the Government Accountability Office, which acts as the investigative arm of Congress, challenges a three-decade-old fundamental of emergency planning around American nuclear power plants: that preparations for evacuation should f... ...
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EnergySolutions sweetens sale for shareholders	6.4.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Judy Fahys The Salt Lake Tribune Published Apr 5, 2013 07:50PM MDT Shareholders of EnergySolutions, Inc. are being offered a better price for their stock under an amended purchase plan the Salt Lake City nuclear waste company has signed with its buyer, a subsidiary of Energy Capital Partners II. The new plan would pay $4.15 per share, compared with the $3.75 per share previously proposed. And it reportedly saved the deal from being shot down by shareholders, who are set to vote on the acquisition at a special meeting later this month. Originally announced in J... ...
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Power restored to Japan nuke plant cooling system	5.4.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
TOKYO—Power was restored Friday to a cooling system at a tsunami-damaged nuclear plant in Japan that failed for the second time in a month after an outage caused by construction work to keep out rats suspected of setting off the earlier blackout.
Japan moves to revamp troubled power industry	2.4.2013	azcentral.com \| business
TOKYO -- Japan's Cabinet has approved a proposal to revamp its troubled electricity industry and foster more competition by obliging utilities to split power generation and distribution into separate businesses. The plan is meant to encourage more innovation and modernization of the power grid as the country grapples with its energy policy following the shut-downs of almost all its nuclear power plants after the March 2011 tsunami disaster at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant.
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Japan moves to revamp troubled power industry	2.4.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
TOKYO—Japan's Cabinet has approved a proposal to revamp its troubled electricity industry and foster more competition by obliging utilities to split power generation and distribution into separate businesses.
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Japan utility scraps plan for new nuke plant	28.3.2013	azcentral.com \| business
TOKYO -- A Japanese utility has scrapped plans to build a nuclear plant near the site of a nuclear disaster two years ago. Tohoku Electric Power Co. said Thursday that strong protests from local communities as well as radiation leaks at the proposed site of the new power station make the project unworkable. The company wanted to build a plant north of the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant that was destroyed by a tsunami that struck after a huge earthquake on March 11, 2011.
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Power still out at damaged nuclear plant in Japan	19.3.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
TOKYO—A power outage has left four fuel storage pools at Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear plant without fresh cooling water for nearly 20 hours, raising concerns about the fragility of a facility that still runs on makeshift equipment.
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Department of Energy supports continuing uranium leasing program	19.3.2013	Telluride: News
The U.S. Department of Energy has released a draft environmental impact statement in favor of continuing its uranium leasing program and plans a series of April public hearings on the issue across the Western Slope, including in Telluride.
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Uranium ban rethink?	15.3.2013	From the Blogs
What if a ban on extraction could be used as a bargaining chip to benefit the community?
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