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Which Nuclear Plants in US Have Highest Risk of Quake Damage?
MSNBC looked at earthquake zones and the likelihood of damage to nuclear power plants, and surprisingly the biggest risk of problems isn't found on the west coast. It's New York City.
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Iran seeks to speed up nuclear activity, capacity unclear
Reuters* Iran installing advanced centrifuges - IAEA * New machines could enrich uranium faster * Launch date, efficiency unclear, experts say By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA, May 23 (Reuters) - Iran is trying to accelerate its uranium enrichment programme, a U.N....Tags: Israel, Nuclear Policy, Explosions, Nuclear Weapons, International Organizations
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U.N. report stokes concern over Iran's nuclear programme-EU
ReutersBRUSSELS, May 23 (Reuters) - Iran's expansion of sensitive nuclear activity breaks United Nations resolutions and increases concerns about whether its nuclear programme is entirely peaceful, the European Union said on Thursday. A U.N. nuclear agency...Tags: Nuclear Policy, United Nations, International Organizations, Iran, International Atomic Energy Agency
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Iran seeks to speed up nuclear activity: IAEA
ReutersVIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is trying to accelerate its uranium enrichment program, a U.N. nuclear report showed, but experts said it was unclear when Tehran's new machines could start operating and how efficiently they would work. The Islamic state's...Tags: International Organizations, European Union, Tehran (Iran), Politics, Israel
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Calvert Cliffs nuclear unit restarts
Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in southern Maryland restarted one of its two reactors Thursday after fixing the mechanical problem that caused its shutdown two days earlier, a Constellation spokesman said. Unit 2 reconnected to the regional electric...
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The real threat to our homeland
We recently learned that the Pentagon will spend $1 billion to bolster U.S. missile defenses in response to "irresponsible and reckless provocations" by North Korea. This money, as announced by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, would add 14 new anti-...Tags: U.S. Senate, North Korea, U.S. Department of Defense, Defense, Finance
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Iran pushes ahead with nuclear plant that worries West
ReutersVIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is pressing ahead with the construction of a research reactor that Western experts say could eventually produce plutonium for a nuclear weapon if Tehran decides to make one, a U.N. report showed on Wednesday. In another...Tags: International Organizations, Heavy Engineering, Defense Equipment, Tehran (Iran), Politics
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Iran pushes ahead with new nuclear plant that worries West
ReutersVIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is pressing ahead with the construction of a research reactor that Western experts say could offer it a second way of producing material for a nuclear bomb if it decides to make one, a U.N. report showed on Wednesday. Iran has...Tags: Israel, Explosions, Nuclear Policy, Nuclear Weapons, International Atomic Energy Agency
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NRC to inspect Duke North Carolina Harris nuclear reactor
ReutersMay 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said Wednesday that it was launching a special inspection at Duke Energy Corp's Harris nuclear power plant in North Carolina over a "quarter-inch flaw" on the plant's reactor vessel head....Tags: Raleigh, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Duke Energy Corporation
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Time for greens to embrace nukes
For too long, many environmentalists have been ambivalent about nuclear energy. It conjures fears: meltdowns, cancers, Chernobyl, Fukushima, overtones of nuclear bombs. Yet, we also know that nuclear power provides 70 percent of all the greenhouse gas-...Tags: Conservation, Mountains, Environmental Pollution, Landforms, Solar Energy
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Japan's central bank keeps policy unchanged, says economy 'picking up,' as trade deficit grows
AP Business WriterTOKYO (AP) — Japan's central bank says the world's third-biggest economy is "picking up" as demand recovers in other countries and remains resilient at home, though the trade deficit widened in April, for the tenth straight month. The Bank of Japan...Tags: Tokyo Electric Power Co., Finance, European Union, Trade Balance, Central Bank
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Plant repairs done by early summer
COVERT -- Operators of the idled Palisades Nuclear Plant in southwestern Michigan say repairs to a tank that leaked slightly radioactive water into Lake Michigan will take until early summer to complete. New Orleans-based Entergy Corp. idled the plant...Tags: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Entergy Corporation
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