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Germany to add more coal plants as nuclear phases out
2013-03-01 01:00:00| Power Technology
Germany will bring more coal-fired power plants online in 2013 than at any time in the last two decades, German renewable energy institute IWR has said.
Utility: New nuclear plant in Ga. over budget
2013-02-28 20:12:34| Energy - Topix.net
Southern Co. said Thursday it will exceed its original budget to build a first-of-its-kind nuclear plant, a troubling development for an industry long plagued by cost overruns.
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B&W Applauds Formation Of Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium
2013-02-28 18:30:00| pollutiononline Home Page
The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) recently announced its enthusiastic support for the Commonwealth of Virginia’s creation of the Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium Authority and its stated mission of making the Commonwealth a national and global leader in nuclear energy
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Taking a Fresh Look at Nuclear Waste
2013-02-28 16:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The American program to dispose of spent nuclear fuel and other highly radioactive wastes is at a standstill for a variety of reasons. First-of-a-kind efforts tend to be technologically difficult, but the real problems are not hardware issues, according to a new book, Too Hot to Touch: The Problem of High-Level Nuclear Waste. The technical characteristics of nuclear waste make the disposal problem difficult, yet it is the human factors that have made it intractable, the authors, William M....
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Post-Fukushima, Arguments for Nuclear Safety Bog Down
2013-02-27 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Alarms sounded and lights flashed as control panel dials at a nuclear power plant in upstate New York warned that the power for safety equipment was failing. The room went dark until the emergency lights kicked in. But there was no reason to worry on this frozen winter morning. This was a simulation by Constellation Energy, the owner of the Nine Mile Point plant on Lake Ontario, for the benefit of two of the five members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. It was part of an intense lobbying campaign...
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