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Radioactive waste leaking from tanks at Washington state nuclear site
2013-02-23 11:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Six underground storage tanks at a nuclear facility in Washington state are leaking radioactive waste, but there is no immediate risk to human health, officials say. The newly discovered leaks, at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, come one week after the US energy department revealed that radioactive waste was found to be escaping from one tank at Hanford. The seeping waste adds to decades of soil contamination caused by past storage tank leaks at Hanford and threatens to further taint groundwater...
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NASAs cold fusion tech could put a nuclear reactor in every home, car, and plane
2013-02-22 14:39:17| Extremetech
The cold fusion dream lives on: NASA is developing cheap, clean, low-energy nuclear reaction (LENR) technology that could eventually see cars, planes, and homes powered by small, safe nuclear reactors.
Radio Telescope, GPS Use Ionosphere To Detect Nuclear Tests
2013-02-21 06:52:26| rfglobalnet News Articles
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory radio astronomer, Joseph Helmboldt, Ph.D., and researchers at Ohio State University Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geodetic Engineering analyzed radio telescope interferometry and Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) data recorded of the ionosphere during one of the last underground nuclear explosions (UNEs) in the U.S., codenamed Hunters Trophy.
Iberdrola upgrades Laguna Verde nuclear power plant in Mexico
2013-02-21 01:00:00| Power Technology
Iberdrola Ingenierķa has upgraded the Laguna Verde Nuclear Power Plant, located in the Mexican state of Veracruz, on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
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United Kingdom: RWE boss warns over nuclear plant subsidies
2013-02-20 20:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: RWE npower, one of the big six power suppliers, has warned ministers not to seal a long-term subsidy deal with the nuclear industry behind the backs of consumers and saddle them with "unnecessarily high bills" for the next 40 years. The warning from Paul Massara, RWE UK's new chief executive, comes as the Guardian can reveal that up to 15 private sector executives with links to the atomic sector have been seconded to government departments or other public sector roles. "We are very concerned...
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