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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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Site of Worst US Nuclear Accident Is Shutting Down
Three Mile Island, site of the United States' worst nuclear power accident, will begin a planned shutdown starting June 1 now that it is clear that it will not get a financial rescue from Pennsylvania,...
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Goodbye, Three Mile Island
So long, Three Mile Island. The Pennsylvania plant's remaining nuclear reactor shut down at noon Friday—and not because of anti-nuclear activism, the Hill reports. The plant best known for its partial...
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Alert Warns 14M About 'Incident' at Nuke Plant
People throughout the Canadian province of Ontario awoke Sunday to an alarming alert of an "incident" at a nuclear plant just east of Toronto—only to later be told the message was a mistake, the AP...
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Arab World's First Nuke Plant Connects to Power Grid
A nuclear power plant in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates has been connected to the country's power grid, authorities said Wednesday. The Barakah nuclear power plant in the Emirates’ far western...
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Greenpeace: Fukushima Water Has a Lurking Danger
Almost a decade after an earthquake triggered a tsunami that caused a meltdown at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, Japan is still grappling with the aftermath of the triple disaster—and with the...
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Hong Kong 'Highly Concerned' After Reports of China Radiation Leak
Hong Kong's leader said Tuesday that her government is “highly concerned” about the situation at a nearby nuclear power plant in mainland China, following media reports that the plant could be...
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Iran Nuclear Power Plant Has Emergency Shutdown
Iran’s sole nuclear power plant has undergone an unexplained temporary emergency shutdown, state TV reported on Sunday. An official from the state electric company Tavanir, Gholamali Rakhshanimehr,...
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Fukushima Has a Plan for Its Tainted Water
The Fukushima nuclear plant is going to run out of room soon to store radioactive water that keeps building up. Solution: Japan will build an undersea tunnel and starting pumping the tainted water into...
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UN Nuclear Watchdog Issues Warning on Chernobyl
The International Atomic Energy Agency has been keeping tabs on nuclear-linked sites in Ukraine as the war there waged by Russia continues, and recent news is concerning. Per Reuters , the...
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Is Russia Planning to Steal Ukraine's Electricity?
Someone shelled the Zaporizhzhia nuclear facility in southern Ukraine on Aug. 5, narrowly avoiding catastrophe. Russia and Ukraine have since traded blame, but the Wall Street Journal has analyzed...
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Nuclear Plant Briefly Leaves Ukraine's Grid, Causing Alarm
Three lines tying the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to Ukraine's electric grid already had been cut during fighting with Russian troops. On Thursday, the final one went down temporarily, knocking the...
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Zelensky Warns: 'One Step Away From Radiation Disaster'
Russian shelling on Monday brought down "the last power transmission line connecting the [Zaporizhzhia nuclear power] plant to the energy system of Ukraine," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky...
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Russia Accused of Kidnapping Head of EU's Largest Nukes Plant
Ukraine's nuclear power provider said Saturday that Russian forces blindfolded and detained the head of Europe's largest nuclear plant, hours after Moscow illegally annexed a swath of Ukrainian...
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We're Just Now Hearing About a Nuke Plant's November Leak
The public is just getting word on a leak at a Minnesota nuclear power plant—a leak first reported to state and federal agencies in November. CBS News reports that the 400,000 gallons of water laced...
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Zelensky: Kremlin May Soon Carry Out a 'New Evil'
On Tuesday, Volodymyr Zelensky wished the United States a happy Independence Day and offered thanks for supporting Ukraine in its defense against the Russian invasion. Later in the day, however, the...
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In Georgia, a Milestone for Nuclear Power
The good news for advocates of nuclear power is that a built-from-scratch reactor in Georgia has begun operating—the first time that's happened in the US in three decades, reports the Atlanta...
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