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A Nuclear Post-Mortem for Sandy
2013-01-11 23:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The operators of the Oyster Creek nuclear plant, the reactor that declared an "alert" during Hurricane Sandy, made several small errors, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said on Friday. But an inspection team has concluded that "performance was acceptable and that emergency action level declarations were timely." The operators kept control room logs in a way that safety inspectors found hard to decipher later, and at one point, they took a wind level reading off the wrong sensor on their meteorological...
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Japan seeks to reverse commitment to phase out nuclear power
2013-01-11 13:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Almost two years after the triple meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi power plant sent shockwaves around the world, Japan's government is attempting to resell the nuclear dream to a traumatised public. Japan appeared to have ended its addiction to nuclear power when the previous centre-left government pledged last year to phase out all of the country's 50 working reactors by 2040. The announcement marked a dramatic shift from pre-Fukushima plans to increase Japan's dependence on nuclear from 30%...
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ASTM Soil and Rock Committee Approves New Standard for Nuclear Surface Moisture and Density ...
2013-01-11 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Developed by Subcommittee D18.08, part of Committee D18 on Soil and Rock, ASTM D7759 provides guidance for calibration of nuclear density gauges, which are used to measure density, moisture content, and inner structure of material. Verification of gauges is necessary to indicate when mathematical relationship between in-place density reading and water mass per unit volumes indicated by gauge need to be adjusted so that calibration meets required level of measurement uncertainty. This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
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Bechtel Team Replaces Babcock & Wilcox As Nuclear Sites Manager
2013-01-10 22:35:57| ENR.com: Headline News
Security breach was not determining role in re-awarding a contract, worth up to $22 billion, at Tennessee and Texas sites.
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United States: Court Seeks More Public Input on Nuclear Safety
2013-01-09 17:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: A federal appeals court has ruled that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission must either allow more public participation in its decisions about fire safety at the Indian Point 3 nuclear reactor or to show why such input is impractical or inappropriate. Suzanne DeChillo/The New York Times The Indian Point 3 reactor relies on a fire retardant that does not perform as well as originally required, but regulators granted an exemption. A lawsuit brought by Richard L. Brodsky, a former New York State...
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