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Radioactive Material Found in Groundwater Near New York City
A radioactive material has been detected in the groundwater below a nuclear power plant north of New York City. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday that water contaminated by tritium leaked into the...
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Florida Diver Is Pulled Into Nuclear Plant Pipe
Florida native Christopher Le Cun was out enjoying a day on the boat with his family and best friend on July 12, 2015, when the two decided to anchor to a buoy and scuba dive down to mysterious...
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Florida Nuclear Power Plant Is Leaking Radiation Into the Ocean
A nuclear power plant in Florida described by critics as "environmentally fragile" is almost certainly leaking radioactive cooling water into the nearby ocean, the Miami New Times reports. "You would...
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Cops: Lost Couple Cut Lock at Nuke Plant
A couple trying to drive from Baltimore to New York somehow ended up at a nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania, where they decided cutting a chain at a gate to a secure area was the best way forward,...
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California's Last Nuclear Plant Is Shutting Down
The age of nuclear power will come to an end in California in 2025 when Pacific Gas and Electric closes the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, the San Luis Obispo Tribune reports. Diablo Canyon is...
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For Sale: US Nuke Plant. Cheap
After spending more than 40 years and $5 billion on an unfinished nuclear power plant in Alabama, the nation's largest federal utility is preparing to sell the property at a fraction of its cost,...
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US Has New Nuclear Reactor for 1st Time in 20 Years
The first commercial nuclear reactor of the 21st century—and the first in 20 years—was officially declared complete Wednesday in Tennessee, the AP reports. According to CNN , the Tennessee Valley...
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Got $36M? This Nuke Plant Could be Yours
It's not the Brooklyn Bridge, but authorities in Alabama do have a nuclear power plant they want to sell you. Minimum bids for the never-finished Bellefonte nuke plant start at $36.4 million , which is...
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False Nuclear Emergency Warning Issued in New Jersey
Residents in two New Jersey counties were watching television Tuesday night only to suddenly be warned of an emergency at the nation's second-largest nuclear generating facility. The warning, sent out...
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High School Grads Don Bikinis for Power Plant Internship
The French designer of the bikini may have named his invention after the atoll in the Marshall Islands where the US detonated nuclear devices in the mid-1940s, but a power plant in the Czech Republic...
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Feds: Hackers Have Hit US Nuclear Plants
Hackers have made their way into the systems of American nuclear power plants with methods including malware hidden in fake resumes sent to engineers who control critical systems, federal authorities...
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Fearing Nuclear Disaster, German City Hands Out Iodine
In an unusual move, a German city is handing out iodine tablets to be used in a nuclear emergency without the justification of an actual disaster going on. The BBC reports Aachen is giving away free...
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World's Biggest Nuke Plant Gets a Long-Awaited OK
The biggest nuclear power plant in the world sits idle, as it has for nearly seven years. But that state is set to change, and not without public trepidation. The Guardian reports that Japan's nuclear...
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Fukushima's Water Issue Is Growing. The Ice Wall Isn't Enough
A government-commissioned group of experts concluded Wednesday that a costly underground ice wall is only partially effective in reducing the ever-growing amount of contaminated water at Japan's...
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Belgium Getting Residents Ready for Nuclear Accident
Over 4 million boxes of iodine tablets have begun arriving in pharmacies across Belgium as the country prepares for a possible emergency involving one of its seven aging nuclear reactors, AFP reports....
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Earthquake Felt Countries Away Hits Near Iran Nuclear Plant
An earthquake hit Iran early Thursday just 60 miles away from the country's only operating nuclear power plant. According to the USGS , the 5.5 magnitude quake struck 6.2 miles below the surface,...
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False Nuclear Emergency Warning Issued in New Jersey
Residents in two New Jersey counties were watching television Tuesday night only to suddenly be warned of an emergency at the nation's second-largest nuclear generating facility. The warning, sent out...
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High School Grads Don Bikinis for Power Plant Internship
The French designer of the bikini may have named his invention after the atoll in the Marshall Islands where the US detonated nuclear devices in the mid-1940s, but a power plant in the Czech Republic...
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Feds: Hackers Have Hit US Nuclear Plants
Hackers have made their way into the systems of American nuclear power plants with methods including malware hidden in fake resumes sent to engineers who control critical systems, federal authorities...
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Fearing Nuclear Disaster, German City Hands Out Iodine
In an unusual move, a German city is handing out iodine tablets to be used in a nuclear emergency without the justification of an actual disaster going on. The BBC reports Aachen is giving away free...
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