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Nuclear Power, Part 3: Radioactive Waste
2013-06-21 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
There is no issue more polarizing regarding the subject of nuclear power than nuclear waste and what to do with it. The United States has 103 nuclear power reactors at 65 plants in 31 states. Thousands of tons of radioactive commercial spent fuel is permanently stored at these reactor sites -- about 74 percent of it in pools of water, with the remainder in dry storage casks.
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Pandoras Promise Director and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Debate Nuclear Options
2013-06-20 19:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: I promised to alert folks when video was available of the heated discussion I moderated recently between Robert Stone, the director of Pandoras Promise, the new film in which five former foes of nuclear energy defend this power source, and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the Pace University law professor and environmental firebrand. Here it is*, courtesy of the Jacob Burns Film Center, which hosted the debate after a screening. Its a brisk and frequently heated exchange in which I barely had time to...
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Japan OKs nuclear safety requirements
2013-06-19 23:22:49| Energy - Topix.net
Japan's nuclear watchdog formally approved a set of new safety requirements for atomic power plants today, paving the way for the reopening of facilities shut down since the Fukushima disaster in a move critics charged was too hasty.
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Southern California Edison Plans to Retire San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station
2013-06-19 17:02:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Southern California Edison has decided to permanently retire Units 2 and 3 of its San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). read more
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Obama to call for nuclear warhead reduction in U.S., Russia
2013-06-19 03:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: BERLIN--President Obama on Wednesday will call for the reduction of the number of deployed U.S. strategic nuclear warheads by one-third if the Russian government agrees to similar cuts, reviving a goal outlined early in his presidency to work toward a world without nuclear weapons. Obama will deliver the proposal as part of a much-anticipated speech that will echo with Cold War history and seek to shake Western nations from complacency at a time of economic hardship at home. He will speak at the...
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