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Nuclear Power
Reuters: Environment:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal officials are investigating a radiation leak at Three Mile Island, scene of the worst U.S. nuclear power accident, but said on Sunday there was no threat to public health or safety.
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A small amount of radiation is detected in a reactor building at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. (Read More)
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Scientific American:
Could nuclear power plants last as long as the Hoover Dam?Increasingly dependable and emitting few greenhouse gases, the U.S. fleet of nuclear power plants will likely run for another 50 or even 70 years before it is retire (Read More)
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Green Earth
Reuters: Deals:
PARIS (Reuters) - France may have painted itself into a corner by pushing state-owned nuclear power group Areva to sell its most profitable unit, and could end up weakening the very domestic industries it is trying to champio (Read More)
Submitted by michaelfidler:
The world is running out of uranium and nobody seems to have noticedThe world is about to enter a period of unprecedented investment in nuclear power. The combined threats of climate change, energy security and fears over the (Read More)
New York Times:
Russia’s energy minister said on Monday that a Russian-built nuclear power plant in Iran would not come online by the end of the year as planned.
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New York Times:
Russia’s energy minister said on Monday that a Russian-built nuclear power plant in Iran would not come online by the end of the year as planned.
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The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future:
Last week saw the release of the IEAs 2009 World Economic Outlook on which we will be providing some analysis in the coming weeks. The night before its release, the Guardian ran an interview with a 'whistleblower' claiming th (Read More)
The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future:
Reader Q&A with Dr Fatih Birol, IEA chief economistQ. When will global oil production peak? How grave will be the impact upon different societies in the world? How should we prepare?A. As I have already said, we do not projec (Read More)
Reuters: International News:
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has put its nuclear power plants on alert and tightened security after intelligence about possible attacks, a report said on Monday.
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Via Peak Energy, we learn from The Guardian that high winds over the weekend supplied 53% of Spain’s electricity – equivalent to the power output of 11 nuclear plants.Photo: Steve FarehamBurbo Bank Windpark is an example of o (Read More)
Reuters: Environment:
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain set out plans Monday to speed up the planning process for big wind farms and new nuclear power plants and named 10 sites where reactors could be built.
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Submitted by ivorkellock
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Energy Minister, Ed Miliband, has announced plans to fast-track a new generation of nuclear power plants today. (Read More)
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Reuters Video: Technology:
Oct 28 - A South African nuclear power firm expects the government to use its new pebble bed reactor to help diversify the country's energy mix away from coal.
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Submitted by mwhybark
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Energy Secretary Stephen Chu is recently on the record stating, "The American public, just like your teenage kids, aren’t acting in a way that they should act." We also hear statements that the United States is 5% of the wor (Read More)
Submitted by nathan
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There are as many as sixteen two-billion-year old nuclear reactors locked in the rocks beneath Gabon. Unsurprisingly, at that age, they are also completely natural. [Image: The natural clocks and ticking stratigraphy of the O (Read More)
Submitted by jgmize
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Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist ManifestoThis week, with the help of Viking Press, Stewart Brand has offered the world an important book on the collision between humanity and the Earth’s limits — on the facts, the (Read More)
Submitted by GlobalPost
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Iranian leaders to decide on nuclear power deal brokered in Vienna. read more. (Read More)
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