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Japan nuclear agency concerned about more Fukushima leaks
2013-08-21 07:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Japan's nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday it is concerned that more storage tanks at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant will spring leaks, following the discovery that highly contaminated water is leaking from one of the hastily built containers. The deepening crisis at the Fukushima plant will be upgraded from a level 1 "anomaly" to a level three "serious incident" on an international scale for radiological releases, a spokesman for Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority said earlier on Wednesday....
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Decommissioning the UK's ageing nuclear facilities
2013-08-21 01:00:00| Power Technology
With a new generation of power plants waiting in the wings, decommissioning the UK's ageing nuclear facilities represents a critical long-term challenge to the industry and not a cheap one. Dr Gareth Evans reports on the scale of current decommissi
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Troubled Nuclear Plant Making Slow Progress
2013-08-19 21:45:48| Energy - Topix.net
The troubled Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant continues to inch closer to restarting, but federal regulators say significant work remains to be done at the Nebraska plant.
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10 exposed to radiation at Japanese nuclear plant
2013-08-19 11:28:58| Energy - Topix.net
The operator of Japan's crippled nuclear plant says 10 workers have been exposed to small amounts of radiation while conducting cleanup activities.
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Vt. GOP leader hits Democrats over nuclear plant
2013-08-17 14:10:36| Energy - Topix.net
The criticism from GOP chairman Jack Lindley came two days after a federal appeals court ruled against Vermont, writing that state laws aimed at closing the Vernon reactor when its license expired in 2012 were pre-empted by federal law.
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