Japan to have new n-regulatory panel
September 11th, 2012 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, Sep 11 (IANS) The Japanese cabinet Tuesday decided to have a new nuclear regulatory commission. The decision comes a year and a half after the Fukushima nuclear disaster.The new ... Read more...
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US authorities keeping an eye on n-plant that lost power
April 6th, 2012 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 6 (IANS) The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has said its staff was monitoring the situation at a nuclear power plant in South Carolina after it lost offsite power.The ... Read more...
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Scientists cite 15 `near-misses’ at US n-plants
February 29th, 2012 - 12:27 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 29 (IANS/EFE) The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) carried out 15 special inspections last year spurred by potentially serious incidents at power plants, the Union of Concerned Scientists ... Read more...
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US nuclear safety experts to visit India
November 5th, 2011 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) Amid rising concerns over atomic safety in India in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster in Japan, a team from US Nuclear Regulatory Commission ... Read more...
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Quake jolts US East Coast, n-plant shut down
August 24th, 2011 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 24 (IANS) A strong earthquake - similar to one that struck 67 years ago - on the US East Coast shut down a nuclear power plant and prompted ... Read more...
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US nuke experts say Japanese engineers face huge Fukushima plant management task
April 20th, 2011 - 3:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 19 (ANI): Veterans of the Three Mile Island cleanup in Pennsylvania have said Japanese engineers need to improve the condition of Fukushima Daiichi reactors.The Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station ... Read more...
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US warns of new threats from Japan nuke plant
April 6th, 2011 - 2:20 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Apr. 6 (ANI): United States government engineers sent to help Japan deal with its nuclear-related crisis, have warned of fresh threats from the Fukushima nuclear plant.According to a confidential assessment ... Read more...
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28 percent US nuclear power plants fail to report defective parts: NRC report
March 26th, 2011 - 8:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 26(ANI): The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has reported that 28 percent nuclear power plant operators in the country have failed to report to the federal regulators about problems incurred ... Read more...
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India cannot abandon nuclear power programme: Ramesh
March 19th, 2011 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 19 (IANS) India needs to learn appropriate lessons from the nuclear disaster in Japan and take additional safeguards, but the country cannot abandon its nuclear energy programme, said ... Read more...
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Obama rules out radiation from Japan harming US
March 18th, 2011 - 5:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar. 18 (ANI): President Barack Obama has said that he did not expect harmful levels of radiation from Japan to reach the West Coast, Hawaii, Alaska or U.S. territories.Obama said: ... Read more...
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US had 14 ‘near-miss’ nuke mishaps last year
March 18th, 2011 - 4:20 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Mar. 18 (ANI): Federal inspectors found "near-miss" accidents at Indian Point on the Hudson and 13 other U.S. nuclear power plants last year, a watchdog group charged on Thursday.A report ... Read more...
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US had ‘near-miss’ nuke mishaps at Indian Point, 13 other plants
March 18th, 2011 - 4:06 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Mar. 18 (ANI): Federal inspectors found "near-miss" accidents at Indian Point on the Hudson and 13 other U.S. nuclear power plants last year, a watchdog group charged on Thursday.A report ... Read more...
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Obama orders safety review of US n-plants
March 18th, 2011 - 11:33 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 18 (IANS/EFE) US President Barack Obama has ordered a thorough review of safety at nuclear plants in the country in response to the emergency unfolding at the ... Read more...
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US asks citizens to move out of Japan
March 17th, 2011 - 3:40 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Mar.17 (ANI): The United States has expressed alarm over Japan's nuclear crisis and urged Americans living within 80 kilometers of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to leave the area.
The State ... Read more...
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Japan has 48 hours to avoid another Chernobyl: Experts
March 17th, 2011 - 12:50 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Mar.17 (ANI): A French nuclear safety official has warned that Japan runs the risk of experiencing a catastrophe that could be worse than the 1986 nuclear disaster at Chernobyl in the ... Read more...
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Obama confident of US nuclear plants’ safety
March 16th, 2011 - 12:29 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 16 (IANS/EFE) President Barack Obama has said that nuclear power should remain a part of the US energy matrix, while acknowledging the risks highlighted by the escalating ... Read more...
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Major setback for Iran’s first N-plant: Report
February 26th, 2011 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 26 (IANS) A newly completed nuclear reactor in Iran has run into serious problems and threatens to become a major embarrassment for the Iranian government that could delay its initial ... Read more...
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Spent nuclear fuel ‘is anything but waste’, says expert
February 21st, 2011 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 21 (ANI): An expert has claimed that spent nuclear fuel, which includes some plutonium, often is inaccurately referred to as waste but it's not.The US's inability to recycle spent nuclear ... Read more...
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Nuclear Power Plant To Be Dismantled By Salt Lake City Firm
August 25th, 2010 - 7:59 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Utah, Aug 25, (THAINDIAN NEWS) EnergySolutions which is a nuclear services company based in Salt Lake City has signed an agreement with Exelon to dismantle the well known Zion Nuclear ... Read more...
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US biggest ‘threat’ to China, says top Chinese military expert
April 26th, 2010 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 26 (IANS) The US is the greatest "perceived threat" to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and cross-Straits relationship was the most likely subject to provoke a China-US war, a top ... Read more...
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US biggest perceived threat to PLA: China’s top military strategist
April 26th, 2010 - 3:55 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, April 26 (ANI): Rear Admiral Yang Yi has said US is the biggest perceivedthreat to the People's Liberation Army (PLA).Yang Yi was the former head of strategic studies at ... Read more...
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US probes terror suspect’s stints in nuclear plants
March 13th, 2010 - 8:17 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 13 (IANS) US officials are probing the case of a suspected terrorist held in Yemen after evidence revealed he had worked at several nuclear plants in the US, Xinhua reported.
Sharif ... Read more...
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US Nuclear Power Plants To Undergo Safety Check
March 12th, 2010 - 8:03 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Washington, Mar 12, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has received an appeal from Entergy Nuclear Operations to be granted some more time to upgrade the security systems in the ... Read more...
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U.S. terror suspect in Yemen worked for New Jersey power plants
March 12th, 2010 - 9:47 am ICT by BNO News
BUENA, NEW JERSEY (BNO NEWS) -- A U.S. man charged in Yemen with being a member of al-Qaida worked at a number of power plants for more than six years, officials said ... Read more...
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Rockland County, NY Executive demands answers on Indian Point steam release
March 10th, 2010 - 2:11 am ICT by BNO News
NEW CITY, NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) – Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef demanded answers on Tuesday about why counties in the Indian Point Emergency Planning Zone were not notified of a ... Read more...
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Three Mile Islands Leak: Cause Under Investigation
November 23rd, 2009 - 8:15 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Pennsylvania, Nov. 23, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The news of the leak in the "Three Miles Island nuclear reactors" in Pennsylvania created panic among people and the authorities decided to evacuate the ... Read more...
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Three-Mile-Island nuclear plant leaks radioactivity
November 23rd, 2009 - 12:13 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 23 (DPA) Nuclear safety officials have moved to quell worries about a leak of radioactivity from Three Mile Island nuclear plant, saying that human safety was never endangered.
The incident happened ... Read more...
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Small amount of contamination found at Pa. nuclear plant
November 22nd, 2009 - 11:51 pm ICT by BNO News
LONDONDERRY TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA (BNO NEWS) -- More than one-hundred employees working inside the shutdown Three Mile Island Unit 1 containment building were sent home on Saturday after a small amount of contamination ... Read more...
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India needs to sign nuclear safeguards pact, liability convention: US
November 14th, 2008 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) India needs to complete the safeguards agreement for its nuclear power plants and sign an international convention on civil liability, before US companies make investments in the ... Read more...
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India needs a public-private civilian nuclear strategy: Mulford
November 14th, 2008 - 7:17 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov.14 (ANI): India needs a public-private civilian nuclear strategy that establishes sound, transparent policies that lay the groundwork for large scale and competitive electricity production, said United States Ambassador ... Read more...
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Bush says n-deal would not help India make bombs
October 22nd, 2008 - 10:19 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 22 (IANS) The India-US civil nuclear deal has taken another step towards implementation with President George W. Bush certifying to the Congress that it would not in any way help ... Read more...
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India-US n-trade awaits some ‘technical steps’
October 18th, 2008 - 11:20 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 18 (IANS) The historic India-US civil nuclear deal may be "done", but the US companies eyeing a $150 billion business opportunity cannot start nuclear trade with India before a couple ... Read more...
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China to build first third generation nuke plant in March
January 4th, 2008 - 3:31 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Jan.4 (ANI): The construction of China's first third-generation nuclear plant, the Sanmen power plant, is set to begin in March, the State Nuclear Power Technology Company (SNPTC) said on Thursday.
Wang ... Read more...
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New York officials call for closure of nuke plant
December 5th, 2007 - 6:12 pm ICT by admin
New York, Dec.5 (ANI): Officials in New York have declared the Indian Point nuclear power plant unsafe and poorly run and demanded that it should be closed.
According to an editorial in ... Read more...
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