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Exelon Corporation (EXC), Duke Energy Corp (DUK): How Much Nuclear Waste Does Your State Hold?
2013-07-28 11:43:36| Energy - Topix.net
One of the biggest critiques of nuclear energy is that it produces radioactive waste in the form of used nuclear fuel, or UNF.
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In Nebraska, Latest Foe of Keystone XL Pipeline is Former Nuclear Waste Site Activist
2013-07-26 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
World-Herald Bureau: A leading opponent of a nuclear waste dump proposed two decades ago in Boyd County has joined the fight against the Keystone XL pipeline. Lowell Fisher, who conducted a high-profile hunger strike against the nuclear dump, wrote a nonbinding resolution, passed Monday by the Boyd County Planning Commission, stating that the county doesn't want the crude-oil pipeline. Fisher, a 72-year-old rancher who ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1994, said he had a guilty conscience after initially deciding...
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Californians Consider a Future Without a Nuclear Plant for a Neighbor
2013-07-26 05:34:52| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Residents of this quiet Orange County beach community often all but forgot about the hulking nuclear plant just south of the city limits. But reminders, while infrequent, were jarring. The governors office mailed residents potassium iodide pills, to take in case of a radioactive leak. Emergency sirens occasionally sounded in the middle of the night (false alarms, residents were told). And anyone who drove south out of town was confronted with the plants looming twin domes. But after nearly half...
MIT team testing new SiC nuclear fuel-rod cladding that could lead to safer power plants
2013-07-25 22:30:13| Green Car Congress
Steam And Groundwater Raise Concern At Japanese Nuclear Plant
2013-07-25 11:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The troubles at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant began over two years ago when an earthquake and tsunami sparked meltdowns in three reactors. But events over the past week serve as reminder that the problems are far from over. First, a remote camera spotted steam rising from one of the melted down reactors at the plant. The steam was first seen at the unit 3 reactor late last week, and it's continued on-and-off ever since. Steam rising from the ruins became an iconic image from the early...
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