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San Onofre nuclear power plant incidents draw attention

Feb 6 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Esmeralda Bermudez Los Angeles Times - The San Onofre nuclear power plant came under renewed scrutiny last week after a small radiation leak and the discovery of extensive tube damage. More...

Domenici Defends Nuclear Waste Crisis Study

Feb 3 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Michael Coleman Albuquerque Journal, N.M. - A landmark study of America's nuclear waste crisis received widespread praise upon its release last week, but on Thursday a pair of Republicans on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee had harsh words for the study. More...

Nuke worker falls into reactor pool

SAN ONOFRE, Calif., Feb 3, 2012 -- UPI - A worker at a Southern California nuclear power plant fell into a reactor pool but did not suffer significant radiation exposure, plant officials said. More...

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Sand sets meeting on his proposal to build nuclear plant in Red River Valley

Feb 1 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Grand Forks Herald, N.D. - North Dakota Republican U.S. Senate candidate Duane Sand will hold two press conferences and a town hall meeting this month to discuss his energy plan and proposal to build a nuclear power plant in the Red River Valley. More...

Nuclear plants more capable of dealing with accidents than thought in past

Feb 2 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Peter Bacque Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. - A relatively severe accident at a nuclear plant like Dominion Virginia Power's Surry Power Station would be significantly less dangerous than federal regulators previously thought, an NRC study says. More...

Study: Peach Bottom equipped to handle major accident

Feb 2 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Sean Adkins - Daily Record/sunday News York Daily Record, Pa. - If a major earthquake hit the area and knocked out all power at or going to Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, systems at the plant would still be able to cool the reactors' cores and avert an accident. More...

No damage at North Anna from aftershock

Feb 1 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Rusty Dennen The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va. - A noticeable aftershock triggered an "unusual event" declaration Monday night at North Anna Power Station. More...

B&W to Apply for U.S. Department of Energy Small Modular Reactor Funding Opportunity

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb 01, 2012 -- BUSINESS WIRE - The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) (NYSE:BWC) confirmed today that it plans to apply for a Public-Private Partnership through the U.S. More...

New report pushes for earthquake safety

Feb 1 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Angeljean Chiaramida The Daily News of Newburyport, Mass. - A new seismic study was released yesterday by national agencies to help United States nuclear power plants, like the one in Seabrook, better gauge the probability and magnitude of potential earthquake hazards so they can guard against them. More...

Nuclear company hosts job fair in Newington Tues.

Jan 30 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Liz Markhlevskaya Foster's Daily Democrat, Dover, N.H. - Westinghouse will hold a job fair on Tuesday, in light of plans to expand its local nuclear components manufacturing facility. More...

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