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Mitsubishi's nuclear power monitoring system begins operations in China
2013-05-09 01:00:00| Power Technology
Mitsubishi Electric has announced that the digital instrumentation and control (I&C) system for nuclear power plants in China has started commercial operations.
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Nuclear plant spills radiation into Lake Michigan
2013-05-08 22:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Last summer, a leaky tank led to the shutdown of the Palisades nuclear power plant in Michigan. So plant owner Entergy patched up the leak, fired back up the reactor, and hoped for the best. Unfortunately, the best did not materialize. The tank began leaking again. But no worries, thought the Einsteins at Entergy, it was only leaking a gallon a day. That was OK, they figured, because the NRC had allowed it to leak up to 38 gallons a day. As of Friday, they were still doing that whole "hoping...
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Breach of nuclear facility endangered U.S. security: witness
2013-05-08 05:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Three peace activists, including a now 83-year-old nun, endangered U.S. national security last year when they breached a secure facility where enriched uranium for nuclear bombs is stored, a federal official testified on Tuesday at their trial. Steven Erhart, site manager for the heavily guarded Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, said the July 2012 break-in disrupted operations at the primary U.S. site for processing and storage of enriched uranium. "The 15-day shutdown...
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Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant Shuts Down
2013-05-08 03:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Kewaunee nuclear power plant in Wisconsin shut down for the last time on Tuesday, but it is preparing to break new ground for the American nuclear industry. It may go to sleep, Snow White-style, for 50 years, to be awakened when its radioactivity has subsided. Or it may be dismantled in the next decade or so. In either case, the responsibility and the expense, probably near $1 billion, will be borne for the first time by a for-profit company, not a regulated utility. The Kewaunee plant, which...
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Mitsubishi Electric Digital Instrumentation And Control System For Nuclear Power Plants In Fujian Province, China Begins Operations
2013-05-08 00:00:00| econline News Articles
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced recently that the digital instrumentation and control (I&C) system for nuclear power plants in China, developed jointly by Mitsubishi Electric and China Techenergy Corporation Ltd. (CTEC), has begun commercial operations
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