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Spill at Indian nuclear plant hurts six workers, no radiation leak
2014-05-14 14:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: (Reuters) - Six workers were injured when hot water spilled from a valve at Kudankulam nuclear power plant in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, a plant official said, adding there was no leak of radiation. The injured were carrying out maintenance work in the turbine building when the incident took place. After being given first aid on the spot, they were taken to hospital, said R.S. Sundar, the plant's site director. India started pumping electricity from the Russian-built power...
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Ill. nuclear power plant releases emergency plan
2014-05-12 13:23:53| Energy - Topix.net
The company that runs a nuclear power plant in northern Illinois is releasing its emergency plans to people who live in the area.
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Small modular reactors: the day of nuclear 'plug and play'?
2014-05-08 01:00:00| Power Technology
A new paper from the University of Lincoln has added to the growing support for a new class of smaller, tidier nuclear reactors known as small modular reactors (SMRs) to helpthe world cope with an ever-growing demand for energy. One of the co-authors
Fewer US nuclear plants could curb climate change fight
2014-05-07 21:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Nuclear power plants in the United States increasingly risk closure amid growing competition from cheap natural gas, which experts said could hamper President Barack Obama's efforts to combat climate change. The White House on Tuesday urged action to fight the repercussions of greenhouse gas emissions, warning that human-caused warming was already having a serious impact. But an increase in the exploitation of abundantly available shale gas could mean that nuclear power plants -- which do not...
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If Concerned About Climate Change, You Should Support Nuclear Power
2014-05-05 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: I used to be anti-nuclear. But, several years ago I had to reevaluate my thinking because if you agree with the worlds leading climate scientists that global warming is real and must be addressed immediately then you cannot simply oppose clean, low-carbon energy sources. As a former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator and former director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy, I have long championed clean air and the need to limit the dangerous pollutants...
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