Pakistan expanding its nuclear capability

On the dusty plain 110 miles southwest of Islamabad, not far from an area controlled by the Taliban, two large new structures are rising, structures that in light of Pakistan’s internal troubles must be considered ominous for the stability of South Asia and, for that matter, the world.

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NY regulators approve Constellation reactor sale

New York regulators have approved a French company's acquisition of three nuclear power plants in upstate New York.

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Rules say new reactors must withstand plane strike

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Tuesday required makers of new nuclear power plants to design the reactors so they can withstand the impact from a commercial jetliner.

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France's Areva, India sign nuclear reactor deal

French nuclear giant Areva signed a preliminary deal Wednesday to provide India with up to six new-generation nuclear reactors, expanding the list of countries that are adopting the technology in response to skyrocketing energy demand.

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Auditors: Nuclear plants not following fire rules

Operators of nuclear power plants have yet to comply with some of the government's fire safety rules three decades after they were issued, a congressional report said Monday.

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Tennessee Applies for 2 Nuclear Reactors

The Tennessee Valley Authority filed an application Tuesday for a license to build and operate two new nuclear power reactors at a site in northern Alabama where it mothballed two reactor projects nearly two decades ago after investing billions of dollars.

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A new generation of nuclear reactors is pitched as the solution to our energy and climate problems

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"A day after US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton downplayed Iran's claim that it had developed new uranium enrichment technology, France expressed its concern over the assertion.

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The United Arab Emirates took a step yesterday towards becoming the first Arab country to acquire a nuclear capability, a move that could prompt other states to seek to join the club and alter the balance of power in the region.

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Finland, August 2008 — Confidential documents obtained by Greenpeace reveal that basic safety procedures have not been followed in the construction of the European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) Olkiluoto 3 (0L3) in Finland.

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Nuclear energy makes a world-wide comeback. Today the sinister technology, still more unpopular than almost any other, is experiencing an unexpected comeback. Thirty-six new reactors are currently being built worldwide, while another 81 are in the planning stages.

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LONDON (AP) — A man accused of plotting to down trans-Atlantic airliners was also developing plans to cripple nuclear power stations, a European gas pipeline and Britain's electricity grid, a prosecutor told a court Friday.

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Last week, when the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission reported a security violation at Three Mile Island, a spokesman for the agency described the preliminary findings as "greater than very low safety significance."

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Chris Paine doesn't see the nuclear renaissance panning out. Director of nuclear programs for the Natural Resources Defense Council, he sees too many obstacles for nuclear power before it could become the meaningful solution to climate change that nuclear boosters suggest.  …

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OSAKA--Reactor vessels at a number of nuclear plants in operation for more than 30 years will soon run out of test strips used to measure their structural integrity.

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SCE&G gave a nuclear power plant supplier the go-ahead Tuesday to start gathering parts for the power company's proposed new reactors in Fairfield County.

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FUKUI--A 15-kilometer-long active fault zone exists near the Japan Atomic Energy Agency's Monju fast-breeder reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, according to an agency report submitted Monday to the government.

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The anniversary of the Three Mile Island nuclear accident is a somber reminder of the fatal flaws of nuclear power and the unresolved dangers nuclear energy poses.

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Adding New Plants to Aging Fleet Will Increase Risk Without Safety Reform, Science Group Says

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SEABROOK, N.H. — A local watchdog group is raising new concerns about the safety of Seabrook Station after the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission found cracked weld alloys on water pressurizers similar to those at the New Hampshire nuclear plant.

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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.—Environmentalists have settled a lawsuit challenging a decision to allow a steam generator replacement project at the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant.

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The government has made a bold move towards making the country more self reliant in power generation. It has announced plans to ensure that the country maximises benefits derived from uranium oxide, which is currently on high demand on the world market.

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(Host) Vermont Yankee has told federal regulators that it will cost 728 million dollars to dismantle the reactor if its shuts down in 2012. Yankee says if the plant continues to operate past that date, the decommissioning costs will go down slightly.

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TARRYTOWN – A three-judge panel will conduct what amounts to a 'preliminary hearing', beginning Monday. The environmental group Riverkeeper says it has five key issues it will argue should be allowed in the formal hearings that will come later.

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Environmental groups say Duke Energy Corp.'s proposed nuclear plant in South Carolina could cost three times as much as the $5 billion to $6 billion the company has told the public.

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Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant is bustling as about 1,400 workers replace four of the plant's steam generators in what managers say is the largest refueling and maintenance outage in plant history.

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Nigeria does not have nuclear programme because it lacks adequate trained manpower and licensing of designed construction plant, the Director General of Nigeria Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA) Professor Shamsideen Elegba has said.

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LACEY TOWNSHIP - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will require more time to review information pertaining to the relicensing of the Oyster Creek Generating Station due to a citizens group coalition appeal, NRC officials confirmed Monday.

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POWER companies are to be offered a new range of potential sites to construct nuclear power stations in Britain.

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