British nuclear watchdog issues reactor concerns
AFP - 1 hour 21 minutes agoBritain's nuclear safety watchdog has warned that French and US-Japanese reactors planned for construction in Britain could be rejected unless safety concerns were met.
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Britain's nuclear safety watchdog has warned that French and US-Japanese reactors planned for construction in Britain could be rejected unless safety concerns were met.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company wants to renew its operating license at the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant through 2045, the Chron reports. The utility’s twin reactors near San Luis Obispo generate about 20 percent of the electricity used by its customers. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
Top Iranian officials said on Tuesday that Tehran is ready to send its low-enriched uranium abroad provided there is simultaneous exchange on its own soil of nuclear fuel processed by world powers.
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. announced Tuesday that it will try to renew the operating licenses of its Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant on the Central California coast, potentially keeping the facility open through 2045. Diablo Canyon's twin reactors,... Nuclear power - Nuclear reactor technology - Central California - Nuclear - Energy
BRATTLEBORO -- Vermont’s Public Service Board is looking for more information on a corporate restructuring that would move Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon out from under the Entergy umbrella and place it in a new wholly independent company named Enexus.
Vienna/Tehran - International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei reacted sceptically to Iran's counterproposals on a multinational nuclear fuel deal on Wednesday and indicated he does not see a need to change th...
Vienna - International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei reacted sceptically to Iranian counterproposals to a multinational nuclear fuel deal on Wednesday and indicated he does not see a need to change the agreement drafted by the IAEA. Re...
SHIPPINGPORT, Pa. - Start-up procedures resumed Tuesday afternoon for Unit 2 at the Beaver Valley Power Station after an "unusual event" was noted earlier by company officials and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
In a provocative new study, a University of Utah scientist argues that rising carbon dioxide emissions - the major cause of global warming - cannot be stabilized unless the world's economy collapses or society builds the equivalent of one new nuclear power plant each day.
Con Edison customers will see their electric rates rise 5.7% next year under a new series of hikes unveiled Tuesday. The hike will take effect in April, a year after regulators awarded Con Ed a 6.1% rate increase.
A push to scrap a Minnesota law barring new nuclear power plants gained a pair of influential supporters Tuesday, adding intensity to a debate before a Legislature that has narrowly resisted the change.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission reported an "unusual event" at FirstEnergy Corp.'s Beaver Valley 2 nuclear reactor in Shippingport, Beaver County, early yesterday when 800 gallons of reactor coolant leaked into the plant's pressurized relief tank.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed the operating licenses of PPL Corp.'s twin-reactor Susquehanna Steam Electric Station near Berwick, the agency announced Tuesday.
Iran does not oppose sending its controversial low-enriched uranium abroad as long as there is a simultaneous exchange inside the country of nuclear fuel processed by world powers, a senior official said on Tuesday.
Both reactors at PPL's Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Luzerne County can operate for an additional 20 years, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission decided Tuesday.
BRATTLEBORO — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has given Entergy Nuclear permission to keep a change in its technical specifications secret that deals with the nuclear fuel that will be loaded next spring into Vermont Yankee's core. ... - By SUSAN SMALLHEER STAFF WRITER