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NEI Nuclear Notes: Running Out of Road in Belgium
neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com | 18 hours 39 minutes ago
NEI Nuclear Notes: News and commentary on the commercial nuclear energy industry

Taiwan presses ahead with home-built nuclear power plant despite safety fears | World news |
www.guardian.co.uk | Feb 14, 2012
Nation dogged by serious concerns over storage of radioactive waste being stored at existing power plants

Japan OKs fresh support for Fukushima nuclear plant | Reuters
www.reuters.com | Feb 12, 2012
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's trade minister approved nearly $9 billion in additional support for Tokyo Electric Power Co to help compensate victims of the Fukushima nuclear crisis on Monday, but said the

"We don’t say safety when we’re talking Vermont Yankee." | The Energy Collective
theenergycollective.com | Feb 10, 2012
Entergy’s Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant’s operating license would have expired on March 21, 2012, but the Nuclear Regulatory Commission extended the license to 2032. Vermont’s legislature and a vocal part of the state’s population don’t like the idea of Vermont Yankee’s continued operation.

Series of Events Puts Spotlight on San Onofre Nuclear Plant :: POWER Magazine
www.powermag.com |
The two-unit San Onofre nuclear power plant in the northwest corner of San Diego County, Calif., remained shut down today, more than a week after a leak from a tube in one unit released a small amount of radiation. On Thursday, regulatory officials found extensive wear on tubes in the second unit,

Radiation Leak at San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant Forces Shut Down | Inhabitat - Green Design Will
inhabitat.com | Feb 3, 2012
The San Onofre Power Plant in California was shut down after a radiation leak was detected. Officials are working to determine the cause of the leak and bring the plant back online.

Nuclear fuel recycling boost could achieve 80% recovery level
www.edie.net | Feb 2, 2012
Researchers in Sweden are investigating ways to maximise the recycling of nuclear fuel for fourth-generation power systems. - edie news centre

Ministers 'misled MPs over need for nuclear power stations' - 01 Feb 2012 - News from BusinessGreen
www.businessgreen.com | Feb 1, 2012
Cross-party report says government misrepresented findings on future electricity demand and ignored case against nuclear, Nuclear, Politics, Planning

AFP: Japan emissions rising after atomic crisis: report
www.google.com | Jan 30, 2012
Agence France-Presse: Japanese manufacturer's greenhouse gas emissions are rising after the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, hurting the country's carbon reduction goals, a report said Sunday. The trend will deal a blow to Japan's target of reducing emissions by six percent from 1990 levels

World Nuclear Association
www.world-nuclear.org | Jan 27, 2012
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